Lucas, Heron Hill Lane, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0DU

conversion of garage into a granny annexe

Authority: Gravesham Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Carpenter C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed use would be for residential purposes integral to the residential use of the main dwellinghouse
Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding rural landscape
The effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to parking

What decided it

The proposal satisfies the test for re-use of buildings in the Green Belt under Framework paragraph 155(d) as it preserves openness and does not conflict with Green Belt purposes, while the integral residential use can be secured by condition to prevent future plot severance.

Framework references: 48, 143, 154, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy CS02, Policy CS11, Policy CS12, Policy CS19, Policy C13, Policy P3, Policy T1

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.