®Planning appeal decision
CHARMWOOD LANE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7SA
new warehousing and associated offices
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Gee R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the Framework, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to local and national planning policy, in particular with respect to accessibility
- the effect of the proposal on living conditions of existing occupiers
- if the proposal would be inappropriate development, 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 substantial harm to Green Belt openness from introducing a large new building into an otherwise open parcel of land, which cannot be clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of the proposal, means very special circumstances do not exist to justify inappropriate development.
Framework references: 143, 152, 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy 49, Policy 30, Policy 31, Policy 33, Policy 37, Policy 83, Policy 119, Policy G2, Policy T3, Policy T4, Policy T6, Policy D4, Policy D14
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.