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

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

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.

Framework references: 150, 154, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy SP8 of the Bexley Local Plan 2023

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