®Planning appeal decision
Bean Cottage Shellbank Lane, Bean, DARTFORD, Kent, DA2 8AX
for the demolition of the existing detached dwelling and outbuildings and the erection of a replacement dwelling and associated works
- Authority
- Dartford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hall C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The fallback position of permitted development rights would result in substantially greater harm to Green Belt openness than the appeal proposal, thereby establishing very special circumstances to justify the inappropriate development.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the considerable adverse impact on openness were clearly outweighed by the other consideration that the proposal would result in less harm to openness than the implementable fallback position under permitted development rights.
Framework references: 154, 143, 155, 110, 115, 156, 157
Plan policies cited: Policy M12 of the Dartford Local Plan to 2037
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.