®Planning appeal decision
Land Rear Of The Oast Barn, Hilders Lane, EDENBRIDGE, TN8 6LE
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 147, 148, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy LO8 of the Sevenoaks Local Development Framework Core Strategy, February 2011
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.