®Planning appeal decision
Five Acres Calcott Hill, Sturry, Canterbury, CT3 4ND
Planning appeal 3278449 at Five Acres Calcott Hill, Sturry, Canterbury, CT3 4ND (Canterbury City Council) was dismissed on 18 November 2022 by Inspector Szymanski D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to policies for the location of new housing and the location of services and facilities.
Removal of existing barn and erection of a two bedroom bungalow
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Szymanski D
- Postcode
- CT3 4ND
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to policies for the location of new housing and the location of services and facilities
- the effect of the proposed development upon Stodmarsh and the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Special Protection Area (the TSSPA) as habitats sites
What decided it
The absence of a planning obligation to secure mitigation for adverse effects on the integrity of Stodmarsh and the TSSPA, combined with the unsustainable location of the development in relation to services and facilities, meant the appeal could not succeed.
The limited benefits of the development (small economic benefit during construction and modest sustained benefit to the local economy) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to the integrity of Stodmarsh and the TSSPA and the conflict with policies for the location of new housing and access to services and facilities.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP4Policy HD4Policy SP1Policy SP6Policy LB5Policy LB9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 105Paragraph 180Paragraph 11
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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