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Dismissed4 April 20243323215

Meadow Cottage School Lane, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7JG

Planning appeal 3323215 at Meadow Cottage School Lane, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7JG (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 April 2024 by Inspector Chukwujekwu I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the conditions in dispute are necessary and reasonable (Appeal A).

a first-floor rear extension

Authority
Gravesham Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Chukwujekwu I
Postcode
ME3 7JG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the conditions in dispute are necessary and reasonable (Appeal A)
  • whether the proposal is inappropriate development for the purposes of development plan policy and the Framework (Appeal B)
  • the effect of the development on openness of the Green Belt (Appeal B)
  • the effect of the development upon landscape character and the appearance of the host dwelling (Appeal B)
  • if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify the development (Appeal B)

What decided it

Appeal A was allowed because conditions 6 and 7 failed to comply with Framework paragraph 56 requirements for necessity and reasonableness, being duplicative and overly restrictive given the existing removal of permitted development rights; Appeal B was dismissed because the cumulative extensions would constitute disproportionate and inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy C13Policy CS02Policy CS12Policy CS19
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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