®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Foxlands, London Road, West Kingsdown, Kent, TN15 6AP
Planning appeal 3336039 at Land South of Foxlands, London Road, West Kingsdown, Kent, TN15 6AP (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 22 April 2024 by Inspector Wright A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
a “single dwelling
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wright A
- Postcode
- TN15 6AP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- 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 openness of the Green Belt
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause substantial harm to openness, and the modest housing contribution and limited economic benefits do not constitute very special circumstances to justify the development.
The modest benefit of one additional dwelling and limited economic benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness; the Green Belt protection policies provide a clear reason to refuse the development notwithstanding the shortfall in housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LO8Policy LO1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 154
- Judgments
- Julian Wood v SSCLG and Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195; R (on the application of Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) and others) (Respondents) v North Yorkshire County Council (Appellant) [2020] UKSC 3
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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