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Land Rear Of The Oast Barn, Hilders Lane, Edenbridge, TN8 6LE
Planning appeal 3314984 at Land Rear Of The Oast Barn, Hilders Lane, Edenbridge, TN8 6LE (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 24 August 2023 by Inspector Butcher C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt.
the construction of a new single storey residential dwelling following demolition of a redundant outbuilding
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Butcher C
- Postcode
- TN8 6LE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness caused by the significantly increased building mass was not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight afforded to the fallback position and the very limited weight given to housing provision from a single dwelling.
The substantial weight given to the identified harm to Green Belt openness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight of the fallback position and the very limited weight of housing provision from a single dwelling, so very special circumstances did not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LO8 of the Sevenoaks Local Development Framework Core Strategy, February 2011
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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