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Dismissed9 May 20223264236

Broomhill, Gobery Hill, Wingham, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1JJ

Planning appeal 3264236 at Broomhill, Gobery Hill, Wingham, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1JJ (Dover District Council) was dismissed on 9 May 2022 by Inspector Jolly J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is the effect of the proposal on highway safety.

for the erection of 15 No, two-storey dwellings (including 4 units of on-site affordable housing), served from a vehicle access located at the south of the site onto Gobery Hill, including all associated engineering works and landscaping (c.1ha), together with retention, enhancement and long term management of woodland/grassland (0.3ha) to the east of the proposed dwellings

Authority
Dover District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Jolly J
Postcode
CT3 1JJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue is the effect of the proposal on highway safety.

What decided it

The Inspector found that neither the original nor the two revised junction schemes could overcome the unacceptable risk to highway and pedestrian safety at the Preston Hill/Gobery Hill junction.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment (JPL, 1982, P37); Monkhill Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor (2021)

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