Land Adj Ryecroft Farm, Green Street Green Road , Darenth, Kent, DA2 8DX

Planning appeal 3375289 at Land Adj Ryecroft Farm, Green Street Green Road , Darenth, Kent, DA2 8DX (Dartford Borough Council) was allowed on 5 March 2026 by Inspector Francis L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed dwelling having regard to the Council's strategy for the location of development.

the conversion of existing stable building to a dwelling (Use Class C3)

Authority: Dartford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Francis L
Postcode: DA2 8DX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed dwelling having regard to the Council's strategy for the location of development

What decided it

The site's location within an existing cluster of development with reasonable accessibility to services by non-car means, combined with its previously developed land status, meant the proposal was not an isolated home in the countryside and the benefits of housing provision outweighed the limited disbenefits in the Policy S5 balancing exercise.

The moderate weight given to the provision of an additional dwelling on previously developed land and moderate weight to biodiversity benefits outweighed the small disbenefit from the location in relation to access to services and facilities and the limited effect on rural character, resulting in the proposal being acceptable under Local Plan Policy S5

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy S1Policy S5Policy S3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 84Paragraph 154g
Judgments: Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

32 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in Dartford Borough Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

Allowed27 October 20266013958
25 Main Road, Longfield, DA3 7QT
Dismissed25 September 20266011893
25 Essex Road, Dartford, DA1 2AU
Dismissed18 September 20266010288
St Albans House, 98 East Hill, Dartford, DA1 1SB
Dismissed4 September 20266008745
Old Bean Cottage Shellbank Lane Bean, Kent, DA2 8AX
Allowed9 July 20266005996
Southfort Stables, Clement Street, Swanley, BR8 7PQ

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.