®Planning appeal decision
Land NW of Burnett Road , ERITH, DA8 2LE
Change of use of land to open storage and erection of boundary fencing and gates and stationing of 2no temporary buildings (Welfare and Offices)”
- Authority
- London Borough of Bexley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor offices/R&D/light industry
- Inspector
- Shearing C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including effects on openness
- Effects on biodiversity, including the Metropolitan Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, wildlife corridor and biodiversity net gain
- Effects on flood risk, with particular regard to the site's location and maintenance access
- Effects on highway safety
- Whether the development would incorporate appropriate sustainability measures
- Whether the development would include appropriate fire safety measures
- 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 proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness, and the economic benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm and the other significant harms identified (flood risk, biodiversity, highway safety, sustainability), so very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
Framework references: 11, 154, 176
Plan policies cited: Policy G2, Policy G9, Policy D4, Policy D12, Policy E4, Policy SI1, Policy SI2, Policy SI12, Policy T1, Policy T2, Policy T4, Policy T5, Policy T6, Policy SI7, SP5, SP8, SP9, DP11, DP20, DP21, DP22, DP30, DP32
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.