®Planning appeal decision
The Coach House, West Down Farm Shipley Hills Road, Meopham, GRAVESEND, DA13 0JP
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
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.
Framework references: 152, 154
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy C13 of the 1994 Gravesham Local Plan First Review, Policy CS19 of the 2019 Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy
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.