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Dismissed20 October 20213263547

10, Trinity Crescent, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2ET

Planning appeal 3263547 at 10, Trinity Crescent, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2ET (Folkestone and Hythe District Council) was dismissed on 20 October 2021 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the conditions are necessary and reasonable having regard to the Council's development plan policy to retain holiday let accommodation within the District.

Variation of condition 2 of application 83/1121/SH to allow permanent occupiers of a ground floor flat for the manager following the amalgamation of two existing ground floor studio flats

Authority
Folkestone and Hythe District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Davies N
Postcode
CT20 2ET

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the conditions are necessary and reasonable having regard to the Council's development plan policy to retain holiday let accommodation within the District

What decided it

The conditions imposed are necessary and reasonable to safeguard the tourism use required by Policy E4 of the Local Plan, and there is no overriding evidence to justify setting aside that policy or removing the conditions.

The Council's policy to retain holiday let accommodation within the District, balanced against the appellant's desire to convert the ground floor to permanent residential use, tipped in favour of retaining the holiday let use subject to a temporary three-year trial period with a live-in manager.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy TM2 of the Shepway District Local Plan 2013Policy E4 of the Folkestone & Hythe Places and Policies Local Plan 2020

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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