Pennington Manor, Vicarage Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0SP

Planning appeal 3261248 at Pennington Manor, Vicarage Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0SP (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 June 2021 by Inspector Andrews M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would intensify the use of the site with a consequential impact on the residential amenity of neighbouring properties.

the formation of 3 apartments at lower ground floor level

Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Andrews M
Postcode: TN4 0SP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would intensify the use of the site with a consequential impact on the residential amenity of neighbouring properties
The adequacy of the living conditions for future occupiers of the three proposed apartments as regards sunlight and privacy

What decided it

The appeal site is demonstrably already at capacity and any increase in the existing 33 flats would exacerbate residential amenity of neighbours and provide unsatisfactory living conditions for future occupiers as regards sunlight and privacy.

The adverse impacts of granting planning permission for three additional flats at Pennington Manor would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing benefits, when assessed against policies in the Framework taken as a whole, notwithstanding the Council's shortfall in five-year housing supply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy EN1 of the Tunbridge Wells Local Plan 2006
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 123Paragraph 11

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