The Furrows Factory Farm Wouldham Road, ROCHESTER, ME1 3TL

Without planning permission, the material change of use of the land for waste deposit, the installation of hardstanding, and engineering operations including land raising and reprofiling

Authority: Medway Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: minerals-waste · Change of use
Inspector: Higenbottam H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development conserves and enhances the natural beauty of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which is a National Landscape and the North Downs Special Landscape Area (SLA)

What decided it

The development fails to conserve or enhance the landscape and scenic beauty of the National Landscape (AONB) and is contrary to local plan policy, with the appellants' personal circumstances and future development intentions not outweighing the identified harms.

Plan policies cited: Policy BNE32, Policy BNE25

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