®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed25 October 20243331821
Hill Farm, Franks Lane, Horton Kirby, Kent, DA4 9JJU
the change of use of the land to equestrian use and erection of a new equestrian stable building
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Price A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies and the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposed development would fail to preserve the openness of the Green Belt by introducing built form and equestrian paraphernalia to a principally open site in relative isolation from established development, and this substantial harm was not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy LT2
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