®Planning appeal decision
Land off Eastern Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 2RB
5 No. dwellings - land off Eastern Road, Gillingham
- Authority
- Medway Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Evans L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the local area
- whether there would be a safe and suitable means of access to the site
- the impact of the proposals on interests of ecological importance
- the impact of the proposals on the Special Protection Areas of the Thames Estuary and Marshes and the Medway Estuary and Marshes (SPAs)
What decided it
The significant harm arising from unsafe access arrangements and inadequate ecological mitigation, combined with the absence of a legal agreement to secure SPA mitigation contributions, outweighed the social and economic benefits of providing 5 additional dwellings.
The social and economic benefits of 5 additional dwellings in an urban location were outweighed by the significant harm to highway safety, ecological interests and SPA protection, such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits and the proposal was not sustainable development.
Framework references: 11, 60, 110, 180, 181
Plan policies cited: Policy BNE1, Policy BNE43, Policy T2, Policy BNE2, Policy T13, Policy BN39, Policy BNE35
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.