®Planning appeal decision
Broomhill, Gobery Hill, Wingham, CANTERBURY, Kent, CT3 1JJ
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
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.
Judgments cited: 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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