Planning appeal decision
Chart Court Farm, Pluckley Road, Little Chart, Kent, TN27 0QH
Planning appeal 3267998 at Chart Court Farm, Pluckley Road, Little Chart, Kent, TN27 0QH (Ashford Borough Council) was allowed on 6 July 2021 by Inspector MacLeod R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Would the development comply with Part 6A of the GPDO.
New road (private way) approximately 360m long and 4.5m wide constructed from porous recycled materials
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- MacLeod R
- Postcode
- TN27 0QH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Would the development comply with Part 6A of the GPDO
- Whether prior approval will be required as to the siting and means of construction of the private way
What decided it
The siting and means of construction of the private way are acceptable in the site's context and the Council raised no concerns on these matters, which are the only matters capable of consideration under the prior approval procedure.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- R (oao Marshall) v East Dorset DC & Pitman [2018] EWHC 226 (Admin)
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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