®Planning appeal decision
OS Plots 7755 and 7946, Sissinghurst Road, Sissinghurst, Kent, TN17 2HP
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.
Framework references: 11, 219
Plan policies cited: Policy TP4
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.