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Dismissed15 November 20213272401

Land at Applewood Farm, Pested Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BD

Planning appeal 3272401 at Land at Applewood Farm, Pested Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BD (Ashford Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 November 2021 by Inspector Smith D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and whether it would be suitably located having regard to local development plan policies.

erection of dwelling with associated ecological and landscape enhancements (revised scheme to planning permission 20/00238/AS) and erection of an agricultural barn (replacement building to that approved under a deemed consent 19/00771/AS) to switch the two approved buildings with each other

Authority
Ashford Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Smith D
Postcode
TN25 4BD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and whether it would be suitably located having regard to local development plan policies

What decided it

The existence of an unimplemented extant permission for a dwelling on the site, which could not be prevented by condition and would result in two dwellings being built in the countryside within the AONB, contrary to the development plan.

The ecological and landscape benefits of the scheme were outweighed by the fundamental objection to additional residential development in the countryside that would detract from the AONB and conflict with the strategic aims of the Local Plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP1Policy HOU5Policy ENV3b

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