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Allowed23 February 20223280446

Shottendane Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4NF

Planning appeal 3280446 at Shottendane Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4NF (Thanet District Council) was allowed on 23 February 2022 by Inspector Cliff D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal makes acceptable provision for affordable housing, taking account of viability.

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
Postcode
CT9 4NF

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP21Policy SP22Policy SP23Policy SP26Policy SP29Policy SP30Policy SP41Policy SP42Policy SP47Policy E16Policy CC01Policy CC02Policy HE03Policy QD05
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 199Paragraph 202

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