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Jack Frost Pet Products, Holwood Farm Shire Lane, Keston, BR2 6AA
Planning appeal 3353097 at Jack Frost Pet Products, Holwood Farm Shire Lane, Keston, BR2 6AA (London Borough of Bromley) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 11 September 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 required planning permission, the material change of use of the land from agriculture to parking and storage with, for the purpose of those non-agricultural uses, the laying of hard standing and erection of fencing along the north - eastern and north-western boundaries
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Steen A
- Postcode
- BR2 6AA
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
- 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 development causes spatial and visual harm to Green Belt openness and conflicts with Green Belt purposes through encroachment of non-agricultural uses, and this substantial harm is not clearly outweighed by other considerations sufficient to demonstrate very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy G2 of the London PlanPolicy 49 of the Bromley Local Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 88Paragraph 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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