®Planning appeal decision
Jays Wood, Canterbury Road, Boughton Under Blean, Kent, ME13 9NY
combined development comprising a single storey dwelling house with animal rescue sanctuary and associated maintenance building and teaching facility
- Authority
- Swale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davies N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for the proposed development, having regard to the spatial strategy of the development plan, the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area and access to services and facilities
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- The effect of the proposed development on existing trees protected by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO)
- The effect of the proposed development on ecology
What decided it
The harmful effect on character and appearance of the countryside, combined with inadequate access to services and facilities, undemonstrated highway safety, loss of TPO trees, and unresolved ecology concerns, outweighed the minimal housing supply benefit.
The adverse impacts on character and appearance, access to services and facilities, highway safety, TPO trees and ecology significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing supply and support for the animal rescue enterprise, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 80, 85, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy ST1, Policy ST3, Policy DM14, Policy DM29, Policy DM30, Policy CP4
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.