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Allowed25 May 20223277702

Avenue Tennis Club, Glebe Road , Gillingham, ME7 2HU

Planning appeal 3277702 at Avenue Tennis Club, Glebe Road , Gillingham, ME7 2HU (Medway Council) was allowed on 25 May 2022 by Inspector Szymanski D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed developments upon the character and appearance of the area.

Proposed 4No three bedroomed and 3No four bedroomed dwellings with associated parking, access road and open landscape area. Appeal B: Ref: APP/A2280/W/21/3284718 Avenue Tennis Club, Glebe Road, Gillingham ME7 2HU

Authority
Medway Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Szymanski D
Postcode
ME7 2HU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed developments upon the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the proposed developments upon the SPA
  • the effect of the proposed developments upon protected species

What decided it

the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, triggered by the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, meant the limited identified harms did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of each scheme

the moderate benefits of housing delivery, economic activity and biodiversity enhancement outweighed the limited harm to the character and appearance of the area and the potential loss of a non-designated heritage asset, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H4Policy H9Policy BNE1Policy S6Policy BNE35Policy BNE37Policy T1Policy T2Policy T13
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 53Paragraph 69Paragraph 71Paragraph 110Paragraph 111Paragraph 112Paragraph 126Paragraph 130Paragraph 131Paragraph 174Paragraph 180Paragraph 181Paragraph 203

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.

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