25/00005/FUL
Yard Rear Of Kenwood Green Lane Chessington KT9 2DS
Engineering work for erection of retaining wall together with raising the land to provide effective levelling for services. (Retrospective). Erection of 2 additional residential pitches for Gypsy/Travellers at an existing Gypsy/Traveller caravan site, each with 1 static caravan, 1 touring caravan and a brick built day room.
The proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause substantial harm to the openness. No considerations exist which would clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and other identified harms so as to amount to very special circumstances. The proposed development is therefore contrary to Policies DM5 and DM10 of the Kingston LDF Core Strategy (2012), Policy G2 of the London Plan (2021) and the NPPF (2024).
The material brought onto the Site, primarily for the laying down of extensive areas of hardstanding on plots 3 and 4, has been done so without an Environment Agency permit (as required by virtue of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016). Such a permit would go towards ensuring that the materials are safe and free of contaminates, and importing waste without one is a criminal offence, as is failing to ensure that waste is moved up the waste hierarchy in accordance with national, regional and local planning policies. The proposal would be contrary to the National Planning Policy for Waste 2014 and Policies SI 7, SI 10 of the London Plan 2021.
The submission does not adequately demonstrate that the material that has been deposited on site does not contain contaminated material and that the site is suitable for residential use or that material has not or would not result in contaminated surface water being discharged onto neighbouring properties and the nearby Bonesgate Stream which is a SINC. The proposal would be contrary to Policies DM1, DM4 Kingston LDF Core Strategy (2012) and the NPPF 2024.
The pre-development biodiversity value of the onsite habitat(s) has not been adequately demonstrated and therefore proposed net again values cannot be accepted. Furthermore, given the extensive nature of the works which have taken place and the lack of detailed information pertaining to the materials which have been deposited on the site, it has not been demonstrated that the development has not, or will not, cause harm to protected species, the biodiversity values of the site, or the Bonesgate Stream Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC). The proposal would be contrary to the NPPF 2024, Policy G6 of the London Plan and Policy DM6 of the Kingston LDF Core Strategy (2012).
The development erodes the well-greened semi-rural character of the area and has an urbanising effect, contrary to Policies DM4 and DM10 of the Kingston LDF Core Strategy (2012) and the NPPF (2024).
The site has poor access to public transport and any occupants would therefore be heavily reliant on the private motor vehicle. No mitigation measures have been put forward to demonstrate how this might be addressed. The proposal would be contrary to policies Policies DM9 and DM10 of the Kingston LDF Core Strategy, 2012 and the NPPF 2024.