25-27 Main Road, Hextable, Swanley, BR8 7RB

Planning appeal 3278824 at 25-27 Main Road, Hextable, Swanley, BR8 7RB (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 5 April 2022 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.

for the erection of a detached four bedroom dwelling with ancillary car parking, cycle and bin storage facilities

Authority: Sevenoaks District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Buchanan R
Postcode: BR8 7RB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
the living conditions of the existing occupiers of No.25 and No.27 Main Road, having regard to privacy, and No.70 Panters having regard to outlook

What decided it

The substantial harm to character and appearance and living conditions caused by the dwelling's significant scale, massing and elevated position, combined with its unduly prominent visual impact and overbearing relationship to neighbouring properties, substantially and demonstrably outweighs the moderate benefits of housing supply despite the absence of a five year housing land supply.

The moderate benefits of housing supply and associated social, economic and environmental benefits were substantially outweighed by the substantial harm to character and appearance and living conditions, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy EN1Policy SP1Policy EN2
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 130

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