®Planning appeal decision
Woodhil Farm, Norsted Lane, Norsted Lane, Pratts Bottom, United Kingdon, BR6 7PQ
Planning appeal 3347720 at Woodhil Farm, Norsted Lane, Norsted Lane, Pratts Bottom, United Kingdon, BR6 7PQ (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 7 August 2025 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness is well-founded.
without the required planning permission, the erection of a building
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- BR6 7PQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness is well-founded
- Whether the appeal scheme is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the appeal scheme on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the appeal scheme is inappropriate development, whether the 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 appeal scheme
What decided it
The appeal building was located at a significant distance from the dwellinghouse and was not intimately associated with it, therefore the land did not fall within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse and the building did not benefit from permitted development rights, and as inappropriate development in the Green Belt without very special circumstances, the appeal failed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy G2 of the London Plan 2021Policy 49 of the Bromley Local Plan 2019
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 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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