®Planning appeal decision
Newlands Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QR
Planning appeal 3276652 at Newlands Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QR (Ashford Borough Council) was dismissed on 9 December 2021 by Inspector Glassar S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The principle of the proposed development with specific regard to access to services and facilities.
a new four bedroom two storey dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Glassar S
- Postcode
- TN26 3QR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The principle of the proposed development with specific regard to access to services and facilities
What decided it
The appeal site's poor accessibility to local services and facilities, requiring reliance on private motor vehicles, constitutes substantial harm that significantly and demonstrably outweighs the modest housing supply benefits in the tilted balance.
The modest benefits of housing delivery and windfall development were substantially and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial harm arising from the site's poor accessibility to services and facilities and necessity for vehicle reliance, consistent with sustainable location policies in the development plan and Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP1Policy SP2Policy HOU5Policy HOU10
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 69Paragraph 120
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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