Land to the rear of 182 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BE

redevelopment to form 35 Retirement Living apartments for older persons including communal facilities, and associated car parking and landscaping, and the repositioning of 4 existing car parking spaces

Authority: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Harley S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on that part of the Town Banks Scheduled Monument which falls within the appeal site.

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the setting and appreciation of the Town Banks Scheduled Monument (The Fosse) was not outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme.

The less than substantial harm to the setting of the Scheduled Monument outweighed the significant public benefits (specialist older persons' housing, affordable housing contribution, economic benefits), tipping the balance against the proposal.

Framework references: 11, 197, 199, 200, 202, 206

Plan policies cited: Policy CP1, Policy SQ1

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