®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Orchard Terrace, Elizabeth Street, Stone, Greenhithe, Dartford , DA9 9AX
1 – 3 dwellings
- Authority
- Dartford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Douglas L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development in terms of location and land use, with particular regard to the effect on biodiversity
- whether the site is suitable for residential development in terms of location and land use, with particular regard to local policy relating to windfall development on greenfield sites
What decided it
The potential harm to biodiversity, which could not be demonstrated to be absent or satisfactorily mitigable at the permission in principle stage, meant the benefits of the proposal would not outweigh the disbenefits and the site was not suitable for housing development in principle.
The benefits of housing provision and modest visual improvement were outweighed by the significant disbenefit of potential unmitigated harm to protected species and priority habitat, particularly in the context of the Council's demonstrated 5-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 60, 69
Plan policies cited: Policy DP25 of the Dartford Development Policies Plan (2017), Policy CS 10 of the Dartford Core Strategy (2011), Policy DP6 of the Dartford Development Policies Plan, Policy CS 1 of the Dartford Core Strategy (2011)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.