®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed7 May 20243329958
Palmers Cottage, The Lane, Fordcombe, Kemnt, TN3 0RP
a single storey rear extension
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Grierson E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- would the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other consideration so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The cumulative floorspace of existing extensions, outbuildings and the proposed development would result in disproportionate additions exceeding 50% of the original building's size, constituting inappropriate Green Belt development that was not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
Framework references: 143, 152, 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1
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