Highams Court, End Kennel Block (south East) And Land Adjacent, Layhams Road, KESTON, BR2 6AR

change of use of land to B8 Storage and Distribution

Authority: London Borough of Bromley
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Ollerenshaw M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the Framework including the effect on openness
if it is inappropriate, whether the 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 necessary to justify the proposal

What decided it

The substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt caused by the storage and distribution use, which is not clearly outweighed by other considerations and therefore does not constitute very special circumstances.

Framework references: 154, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy 49 of the Bromley Local Plan (2019), Policy G2 of the London Plan (2021)

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