®Planning appeal decision
Park Head Cottage, Wrotham Hill Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7QA
Planning appeal 3346368 at Park Head Cottage, Wrotham Hill Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7QA (Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 January 2025 by Inspector Glassar S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
the demolition of existing single bay brick, flat roofed garage and replacement with two bay timber framed pitched roof garage
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Glassar S
- Postcode
- TN15 7QA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the building and wider area, with particular regard to the Kent Downs National Landscape
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposed garage would represent a disproportionate addition to the original building when considered cumulatively with previous extensions, and its height and roof scale would create a dominant structure harmful to Green Belt openness and the character of the Kent Downs National Landscape, with no very special circumstances to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP3Policy CP7Policy CP17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 153Paragraph 189
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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