®Planning appeal decision
Heron Hill Lane, Culverstone, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0DT
Planning appeal 3348559 at Heron Hill Lane, Culverstone, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0DT (Gravesham Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 15 December 2025 by Inspector Steen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development comprises inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
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
- Postcode
- DA13 0DT
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS02CS12CS19CS01
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.