Issue - meetings

Report DRR15/064

Following endorsement by the Development Control Committee on 9 June 2015, Members were requested to consider the making of an Article 4 Direction in relation to land adjacent to The Drift, Keston, to remove permitted development rights for various classes of development.  The land had been identified as being a sensitive area of Green Belt and vulnerable to development that may be carried out under permitted development which could harm the openness and character of the area.

Members agreed that the issue of an Article 4 Direction was a sensible step to take.

RESOLVED that the Portfolio Holder be recommended to authorise an Article 4 Direction for land adjacent to The Drift to remove permitted development rights for the following classes of development in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015:-

(i)  erection or construction of gates, fences, walls or other means of enclosure (Class A of part 2);

(ii)  formation, laying out and construction of means of access (Class B of part 2);

(iii)  provision of temporary buildings, etc. (Class A of Part 4);

(iv)  temporary uses of land for any purpose for not more than 28 days per year (Class B of Part 4);

(v)  use of land as a caravan site (Class A of Part 5)

and the Direction be made with immediate effect for the classes of development specified in (iv) to (v) as the Council considers that development would be prejudicial to the proper planning of the area or would constitute a threat to the amenities of the area.