®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Orchard Terrace, Elizabeth Street, Stone, Greenhithe, Dartford , DA9 9AX
Planning appeal 3279440 at Land Adjacent to Orchard Terrace, Elizabeth Street, Stone, Greenhithe, Dartford , DA9 9AX (Dartford Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 April 2022 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is suitable for residential development in terms of location and land use, with particular regard to the effect on biodiversity.
1 – 3 dwellings
- Authority
- Dartford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Douglas L
- Postcode
- DA9 9AX
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- 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 PlanPolicy CS 1 of the Dartford Core Strategy (2011)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 60Paragraph 69
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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