Hi there, I hope members can help.
The site is Green Belt.
There is an extant permission for an extension to a double existing garage. This would have been initially approved by virtue of the exceptions of NPPF para 149:
NPPF 149.
A local planning authority should regard the construction of new buildings as inappropriate in the Green Belt. Exceptions to this are:
(c) the extension or alteration of a building provided that it does not result in disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building;
Consequently, there is now a fallback position of an approved treble garage.
The latest application proposes now detaching the proposed garage extension, creating a new single garage adjacent to the existing double garage. A gap will exist between the two garages with view of fields.
Given the new proposal will create a gap between the garages...compared to the fallback position....it is argued that this will create a greater sense of 'openness'. Consequently it is argued that 'very special circumstances' exist at this point?
Be grateful for some thoughts.
