®Planning appeal decision
Os Plots 7755 and 7946, Sissinghurst Road, Sissinghurst, Kent, TN17 2HP
Planning appeal 3265584 at Os Plots 7755 and 7946, Sissinghurst Road, Sissinghurst, Kent, TN17 2HP (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was dismissed on 9 March 2022 by Inspector Pipkin R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on highway safety.
erection of 42 new dwellings, alongside car parking, cycle parking, drainage, internal road network and the creation of a principal access off Sissinghurst Road (A262), plus public open space, a play area and associated landscaping
- Authority
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Pipkin R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- whether there are any material considerations which mean that the decision should be made otherwise than in accordance with the development plan
What decided it
The considerable harm to highway safety arising from a substandard visibility splay at the sole vehicular access, to which substantial weight was attached, outweighed the benefits of the scheme.
The significant weight given to the benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing, and moderate weight to other social, economic and environmental benefits, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial weight attached to the considerable harm to highway safety, such that the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(ii) was not satisfied.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy TP4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 219
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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