®Planning appeal decision
Rockley House Wrotham Road, Culverstone , GRAVESEND, DA13 0QN
descried as ‘demolition of existing barn and reconstruction with addition of first floor and new rooflights. Stable use to be retained with holiday lets above
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Brownless E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the Meopham Downs Landscape Area
- whether the proposal provides adequate parking and its impact on highway safety
- whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers of the accommodation with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The material harms to character and appearance, highway safety, and living conditions significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of the scheme, even under the tilted balance test.
The adverse impacts of harm to character and appearance including landscape character, unacceptable impact on highway and pedestrian safety, and failure to demonstrate adequate living conditions for future occupiers significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of efficient use of previously developed land, when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: CS12, CS19, CS11, T1, T5
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.