®Planning appeal decision
Clijon Farm, Whitehill Road, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0NY
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
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.
Framework references: 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy C13 of the Gravesham Local Plan First Review (1994), Policy CS01 of the Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy 2014, Policy CS02 of the Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy 2014, Policy CS12 of the Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy 2014, Policy CS19 of the Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy 2014
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.