®Planning appeal decision
Land adjoining 7 Underwood Close, CANTERBURY, CT4 7BS
a detached dwelling including access and layout with associated parking and replacement garage
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Kemmann-Lane T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for a single dwelling in advance of a proposal for the comprehensive development of the wider area
- Whether the parking and access arrangement proposed would have an unacceptable noise and disturbance impact on the living conditions of the occupiers of No.4 Underwood Close
- The adequacy of the parking and turning arrangements
- The need for mitigation in relation to the Stodmarsh Nature reserve
What decided it
The unresolved issue of mitigation in relation to the Stodmarsh Nature Reserve and the lack of assurance that the development would be nutrient neutral, which would be detrimental to the ecological importance of the Special Protection Area.
The benefits of a single dwelling and the resolution of the noise and disturbance concerns would have outweighed the conflict with policy SP3, but the unresolved ecological mitigation issue prevented permission being granted.
Framework references: 127
Plan policies cited: Policy SP3, Policy DBE3, Policy DBE1
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.