®Planning appeal decision
Orpington Sports Club, Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9SX
Planning appeal 3323680 at Orpington Sports Club, Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9SX (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 28 December 2023 by Inspector Nilsson A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework including the effect on openness.
a retrospective application for the erection of a temporary sports unit used to facilitate crossfit games. The application is for the unit to remain in place for 5 years. Use class F2 for the unit remains the same as existing sports club. The opening hours for the unit is from 5:15am to 7pm
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Nilsson A
- Postcode
- BR6 9SX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework including the effect on openness
- Whether the development represents a sustainable form of development with regard to its location and development plan policy
- Whether the development has resulted in the unacceptable loss of a sports pitch or sports court
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of occupants of nearby residential properties in terms of noise and disturbance
- If the development is 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 it
What decided it
The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing moderate harm to openness and located unsustainably, and the community benefits and other considerations do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 49 of the Bromley Local Plan (2019)Policy 20 of the Bromley Local Plan (2019)Policy 58 of the Bromley Local Plan (2019)Policy 37 of the Bromley Local Plan (2019)Policy 119 of the Bromley Local Plan (2019)Policy G2 of the London Plan (2021)Policy S5 of the London Plan (2021)Policy D14 of the London Plan (2021)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 103
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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