®Planning appeal decision
Heron Hill Lane, Culverstone, MEOPHAM, KENT, DA13 0DT
without the benefit of planning permission the carrying out of engineering operations, including the deposit of hard core materials, to create a site access and parking area, as well as operations involved with re-contouring and re-profiling the land levels on the Land and construction of retaining structures on the Land
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Steen A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development comprises inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the intrinsic character and beauty of the landscape
- The effect of the development on ecology and biodiversity
- 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 proposal
What decided it
The operational development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that conflicts with the purpose of safeguarding countryside from encroachment and causes harm to openness, landscape character, and biodiversity, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
Framework references: 154, 155
Plan policies cited: CS02, CS12, CS19, CS01
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.