®Planning appeal decision
Land at the Rear of Flint Cottage, Northfleet Green Road, Northfleet Green, Istead Rise, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 9PN
Planning appeal 3371833 at Land at the Rear of Flint Cottage, Northfleet Green Road, Northfleet Green, Istead Rise, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 9PN (Gravesham Borough Council) was allowed on 19 December 2025 by Inspector Glassar S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Demolition of existing commercial building (and retention of rear wall), demolition of remnants of barn and conversion of roundel to create a 4-bedroom dwelling with associated parking, amenity space, landscaping and access
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Glassar S
- Postcode
- DA13 9PN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on the Thames Estuary and Marshes Ramsar site and Special Protection Area (SPA)
What decided it
The harm to openness from the new dwelling was not substantial when considered against the spatial reduction in built form, removal of the storage use, and the site's context within existing residential ribbon development, thereby making the proposal not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
The benefits of residential development in an area with a shortfall in housing land supply, combined with the mitigation of harm to Green Belt openness through spatial reduction and removal of the storage use, outweighed the visual prominence of the new dwelling and justified the approval.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS02Policy CS01Policy CS12Policy CS19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 12
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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