®Planning appeal decision
153 Pizien Well Road, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5HX
Planning appeal 3303034 at 153 Pizien Well Road, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5HX (Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 June 2025 by Inspector Jones R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework, relevant development plan policies, the effect on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt.
retrospective application for change of use of land to residential amenity land
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones R
- Postcode
- ME18 5HX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework, relevant development plan policies, the effect on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- If the development is inappropriate, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The failure to meet criterion (b) of paragraph 155 of the Framework (demonstrable unmet need) combined with the substantial weight applied to Green Belt harm by reason of inappropriateness, which is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Strategy Policy CP3Core Strategy Policy CP1Core Strategy Policy CP14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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