Blean Common, Blean, Kent, CT2 9JH

Planning appeal 3156397 at Blean Common, Blean, Kent, CT2 9JH (Canterbury City Council) was allowed on 6 April 2023 by Inspector Jones G, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would accord or conflict with the existing and emerging development plan policies for the area.

the erection of up to 85 residential dwellings (including 30% affordable housing), structural planting and landscaping, informal public open space, surface water attenuation, vehicular access point from Blean Common and associated ancillary works

Authority: Canterbury City Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Jones G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would accord or conflict with the existing and emerging development plan policies for the area
The planning balance, including having regard to matters relating to housing delivery

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites engaged the tilted balance, which the Council accepted meant the adverse impacts of the scheme would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh its benefits.

The combined adverse impacts of the development, including conflict with the development plan, would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole, so the tilted balance favoured granting permission.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP4Policy HD4Policy SS3Policy R2Policy R28Policy DBE1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 74

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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