®Planning appeal decision
New Tyehurst Farm, Cowden Pound Road to Truggers Lane, Mark Beech, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7DA
Planning appeal 3285344 at New Tyehurst Farm, Cowden Pound Road to Truggers Lane, Mark Beech, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7DA (Sevenoaks District Council) was allowed on 23 December 2022 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the supply of non-allocated employment sites.
Conversion of agricultural barns into 12 residential units, including demolition of 2 existing residential units and construction of 2 replacement dwellings
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Naylor R
- Postcode
- TN8 7DA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the supply of non-allocated employment sites
- character and appearance of the area
- whether the occupants of the development would have adequate access to shops and services
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites engaged the tilted balance, and the benefits of housing delivery, including affordable units on previously developed land, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate conflict with sustainable transport policies.
The moderate conflict with sustainable transport policies was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the benefits of boosting housing supply, including affordable units, on previously developed land, in the context of the Council's housing land supply shortfall.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EMP5Policy EN1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 123Paragraph 130Paragraph 79Paragraph 110Paragraph 112Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 57
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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