The Cottage, Lower Station Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 3PY

Planning appeal 3334517 at The Cottage, Lower Station Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 3PY (London Borough of Bexley) was allowed on 21 August 2024 by Inspector Hall C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to whether the proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect on openness of the Green Belt, and whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances.

Use of the whole of the building and its curtilage as a children's nursery

Authority: London Borough of Bexley
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Other minor developments
Inspector: Hall C
Postcode: DA1 3PY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to whether the proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect on openness of the Green Belt, and whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances

What decided it

The considerable social and economic benefits of the early years educational provision, combined with the limited harm to Green Belt openness and the practical necessity of the containers for efficient nursery operations, clearly outweigh the harm from inappropriateness and constitute very special circumstances justifying removal of the condition.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP8 of the Bexley Local Plan 2023
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 150Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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