®Planning appeal decision
40 New Dover Road, CANTERBURY, CT1 3DT
2no. blocks, comprising 14 self-contained flats including 80 bedrooms for student use, following demolition of detached dwelling and alterations to the access
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Kemmann-Lane T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the acceptability of the site for purpose built student accommodation (PBSA), taking into account policy HD7 of the Canterbury District Local Plan 2017
- whether there is a means of ensuring that the proposal will not impact upon the integrity of Stodmarsh Nature Reserve
What decided it
The absence of an Appropriate Assessment and assurance that the proposed development would not cause detriment to the ecological importance of the Stodmarsh Nature Reserve, a protected Special Protection Area, meant the appeal could not be permitted despite the site being otherwise acceptable for student accommodation.
Plan policies cited: Policy HD7, Policy HD6, Policy HD8
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