®Planning appeal decision
Flintlock Norsted Lane, Pratts Bottom, ORPINGTON, BR6 7PQ
without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land from a residential use to a mixed use of residential and commercial use as a car repair business
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Walker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the change of use is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the change of use on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the change of use on the living conditions of neighbours, particularly as regards disturbance
- would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and if so would this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The material change of use to a commercial car repair business is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and significant harm to neighbouring living conditions, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
Framework references: 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy 49 of the London Borough of Bromley Local Plan (2019), Policy G2 of the London Plan (2021)
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.