®Planning appeal decision
The Coach House, West Down Farm Shipley Hills Road, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0JP
Planning appeal 3322987 at The Coach House, West Down Farm Shipley Hills Road, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0JP (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 June 2024 by Inspector Cryan M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, and its effects on the openness of the Green Belt.
the erection of a single-storey side extension
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Cryan M
- Postcode
- DA13 0JP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, and its effects on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the Coach House is within the curtilage of the Grade II listed building, West Down Farmhouse, and so should be considered as part of the listed building
- If the Coach House is within the curtilage of the listed building, whether the proposal would preserve the listed building, and any features of special historic interest that it possesses, including its setting
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- If the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal would fail to preserve the special historic interest of the Grade II listed West Down Farmhouse and the curtilage listed Coach House, with harm to their significance not outweighed by public benefits, and would also conflict with development plan policy on character and appearance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy C13 of the 1994 Gravesham Local Plan First ReviewPolicy CS19 of the 2019 Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 152Paragraph 154
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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