®Planning appeal decision
Ryarsh Place Farm, Birling Road, Ryarsh, Kent, ME19 5LS
Planning appeal 3353979 at Ryarsh Place Farm, Birling Road, Ryarsh, Kent, ME19 5LS (Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 August 2025 by Inspector Francis L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the appeal proposal on the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers and the operation of the adjacent school with particular regard to privacy and outlook.
outline application for the demolition of an existing range of modern agricultural buildings and the redevelopment of the site with six dwellings with garaging together with an associated creation of car parking and turning areas, conversion of existing stable building into an ancillary domestic outbuilding and landscaping works
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Francis L
- Postcode
- ME19 5LS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the appeal proposal on the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers and the operation of the adjacent school with particular regard to privacy and outlook
- the character of the area
- the living conditions of future occupiers with particular regard to noise and disturbance to plot 6
What decided it
The significant harm to the privacy of neighbouring residential properties and the school's outdoor learning areas would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of delivering six dwellings when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
The moderate benefits of six additional dwellings and economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to the privacy of neighbouring residential occupiers and the school, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP24 of the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Core Strategy 2007Policy OS3 of the Managing Development and the Environment Development Planning Document adopted 2010
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 135
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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