®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Hockenden Lane, Cookham Road, Swanley , Kent, BR8 7QH
Planning appeal 3339402 at Land North of Hockenden Lane, Cookham Road, Swanley , Kent, BR8 7QH (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 28 October 2024 by Inspector Nilsson A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect on openness.
Re-submission of an application to change the use of the yard and buildings to be used as storage for an agricultural contracting business
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Nilsson A
- Postcode
- BR8 7QH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect on openness
- If the development is inappropriate development, is the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The development amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt that causes harm to openness and conflicts with Green Belt purposes, and the other considerations advanced do not clearly outweigh this harm to constitute very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 49 of the Bromley Local Plan (2019)Policy G2 of the London Plan (2021)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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