Ceramic Supply Co Ltd, 8 Percy Avenue, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 3LB

change of use from storage (use class B8) to residential (use class C3) together with first floor extension with accommodation in roof to facilitate 3No 2bed self-contained flats and 2No 3bed self-contained flats

Authority: Thanet District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Davies N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
The effect of the proposal on the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Special Protection Area (SPA) and the Sandwich Bay and Hacklinge Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

What decided it

The absence of a completed and enforceable mechanism to secure the necessary financial contribution to the SAMM Strategy to mitigate adverse effects on the SPA and SSSI meant the development could not proceed despite being acceptable in terms of character and appearance.

Plan policies cited: Policy QD02, Policy SP29

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