®Planning appeal decision
Land at East of Holwood, Plot 1a, Holwood Farm, Shire Lane, Keston, Bromley, BR6 7HH
‘Without the required planning permission, the material change of use of the land from agriculture to a mixed use of agriculture, storage (including the storage of scaffolding, building materials, caravans and motor vehicles and the siting of storage containers and lorry trailers) and the deposit of waste with, for the purpose of those non- agricultural uses, the erection of structures’
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Douglas L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use is inappropriate development within the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the material change of use on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the material change of use on nature conservation
- Whether any 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 material change of use
What decided it
The material change of use is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing harm to its openness, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to outweigh this substantial harm, and the appellant failed to establish the ten-year immunity under ground (d).
Framework references: 142, 143
Plan policies cited: Policy 49 of the Bromley Local Plan (2019), Policy G2 of the London Plan (2021), Policy 69 of the Bromley Local Plan, Policy G6 of the London Plan, Policy 68 of the Bromley Local Plan
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