®Planning appeal decision
Turnden Road, Cranbrook, TN17 3QL
erection of a replacement dwelling in place of the part of the existing commercial workshop with extant planning consent for alterations and conversion to a dwelling (planning application reference TW/19/02134)
- Authority
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Glassar S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The principle of the proposed development with specific regard to the sustainability of the location
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the rural lane
What decided it
The substantial harm to the character and appearance of the AONB and rural lane caused by the prominence and scale of the proposed new build dwelling outweighed the material consideration of the extant fall-back permission and any other benefits.
The material consideration of the extant fall-back position (which carried great weight) was outweighed by the substantial harm to the character and appearance of the area including the AONB, with the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits when assessed against the development plan taken as a whole.
Framework references: 176
Plan policies cited: Policy 14 of the Core Strategy, Policy LBD1 of the Local Plan, Policy EN1 of the Local Plan, Policy EN25 of the Local Plan, Policies 4 and 5 of the Core Strategy
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.