®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Shoreham House, Shoreham House, Church Street, Shoreham, TN14 7RY
the erection of one three-bedroom two-storey house with a basement and double garage and the demolition and replacement of ten single-storey garages with two garage blocks and four surface-level car parking for 11 cars
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rogers J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Shoreham Conservation Area and the natural beauty of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- If the proposed development is inappropriate, whether the 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 proposal
What decided it
The appeal site's location within the village and the proposed development's status as limited infilling within an area of existing built form, combined with the positive contribution from removing unsightly existing structures and the preservation of the landscape setting, justified allowing the appeal.
Framework references: 11, 12, 15, 16, 149, 170, 206
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP11, Policy EN1, Policy EN4, Policy EN5, Policy T3
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