®Planning appeal decision
Burghfield, Wrotham Road, Gravesham, Kent, DA13 0RF
Planning appeal 3302572 at Burghfield, Wrotham Road, Gravesham, Kent, DA13 0RF (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 May 2023 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to local and national planning policy and any effects on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt.
extension and conversion of existing stables into a 2-bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- DA13 0RF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to local and national planning policy and any effects on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- its effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, including the Meopham Downs Landscape Character Area
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, or any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal's failure to preserve the openness of the Green Belt and its appreciable harm to character and appearance could not be outweighed by the appellants' personal circumstances or modest housing supply benefits, and no very special circumstances existed to justify inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt and moderate harm to character and appearance outweighed the significant weight given to the appellants' personal circumstances and the modest social and economic benefits of a single new home, despite the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS02CS12CS19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 148Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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