®Planning appeal decision
157 Pizien Well Road, Wateringbury, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME18 5HX
Application for Change of Use from Agricultural to Residential Curtilage. Full details enclosed within the attached Planning Statement. The application does not include any change to the appearance of the land and is solely to allow for its u se as residential curtilage
- Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones R
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 development amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt that results in harm to openness and conflicts with the purpose of safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, and this harm is not clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to constitute very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations; the appellant's personal circumstances, lack of objections from the Parish Council, and support from neighbours and the local ward councillor do not constitute very special circumstances.
Framework references: 153, 154, 155, 143, 110, 115
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy Policy CP3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.