Issue - meetings

REFUSED

Description of application – Demolition of existing residential building, stables with sand schools, flood lighting and office and the provision of 1 no. 4 bedroom house, 2 no. 2 bedroom and 6 1 bedroom dwellings with communal parking and private terraces.

Oral representations in support of the application were received at the meeting. 

Councillor Katy Boughey said that the continued operation due to the size of the stables was not financially viable and both she and Councillor Kevin Brooks supported the application.  Councillor Boughey also referred Members to paragraph 4 on page 106 of the Chief Planner’s report.

Councillor Charles Joel had visited the site located within the green belt and in an area of outstanding natural beauty and, in his opinion, the building could be renovated and in his view, it was part of the heritage of Bromley and the ground given in respect of the earlier application (16/03627/FULL1) also had relevance to this application.

The Chairman and Councillor Samaris Huntington-Thresher also objected to the application being an inappropriate development in the green belt.

The Chief Planner’s representative advised Members that the application was outline and that the impact on openness could be assessed when the details were received.

Councillor Joel and the Chairman were concerned that if permission were granted then effectively Members would have accepted the principle of change of use of the site.

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION BE REFUSED for the following reason:-

1. The proposal is inappropriate development which in principle and by reason of its size, location, design and siting would have a harmful impact upon the

openness and character of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land

within it, and for which no very special circumstances are considered to exist to clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt contrary to Policy G1 of the Unitary Development Plan, Policy 7.16 of the London Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.