®Planning appeal decision
Shottendane Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4NF
outline planning application for up to 450 residential dwellings (including market and affordable housing), structural planting and landscaping, formal and informal public open space and children's play area, sustainable urban drainage, with vehicular access points, including associated ancillary works and operations from Hartsdown Road, Shottendane Road and Manston Road. All matters reserved with the exception of site access
- Authority
- Thanet District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Cliff D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal makes acceptable provision for affordable housing, taking account of viability
- The effect on the integrity of the Thames Coast and Sandwich Bay SPA and Ramsar site
- The effect upon the setting and significance of designated heritage assets in the vicinity of the site, with particular regard to the effect on nearby listed buildings
What decided it
The very significant benefits of delivering up to 450 dwellings (including 68 affordable homes) in the context of the Council's shortfall in housing land supply were found to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited landscape/visual harm and the less than substantial heritage harm identified.
The limited adverse landscape/visual effects, loss of agricultural land, and less than substantial harm to designated heritage assets were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the very significant benefits of housing delivery (including affordable housing), highway infrastructure improvements and economic benefits, such that the proposal amounted to sustainable development.
Framework references: 11, 56, 57, 199, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy SP21, Policy SP22, Policy SP23, Policy SP26, Policy SP29, Policy SP30, Policy SP41, Policy SP42, Policy SP47, Policy E16, Policy CC01, Policy CC02, Policy HE03, Policy QD05
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.