®Planning appeal decision
Clijon Farm, Whitehill Road, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0NY
Planning appeal 6001663 at Clijon Farm, Whitehill Road, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0NY (Gravesham Borough Council) was allowed on 11 March 2026 by Inspector Gee R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
retrospective building works to convert ancillary residential building for use as a home office and home gym
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Gee R
- Postcode
- DA13 0NY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the Harvel Wooded Downs Landscape Character Area and the Kent Downs National Landscape
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances to justify it
What decided it
The proposal met exception 154(d) of the Framework as a replacement building in the same ancillary domestic use and not materially larger than the building it replaced, therefore constituting appropriate development in the Green Belt.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy C13 of the Gravesham Local Plan First Review (1994)Policy CS01 of the Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy 2014Policy CS02 of the Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy 2014Policy CS12 of the Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy 2014Policy CS19 of the Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy 2014
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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