Planning appeal decision
Land South of White Mill, Ash Road, Sandwich, CT13 9JB
Planning appeal 3285435 at Land South of White Mill, Ash Road, Sandwich, CT13 9JB (Dover District Council) was allowed on 24 January 2023 by Inspector Price A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether condition 3 is necessary or reasonable having regard to the character and appearance of the landscape, including the loss of countryside.
Construction of access road and two dyke crossings without complying with condition 3 (permanent closure of existing vehicle access)
- Authority
- Dover District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Price A
- Postcode
- CT13 9JB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether condition 3 is necessary or reasonable having regard to the character and appearance of the landscape, including the loss of countryside
- whether condition 3 is necessary or reasonable having regard to ecology
What decided it
The condition was not necessary or reasonable to protect character and appearance or ecology, as the closure measures would provide no material benefit and ecological harm would be mitigated by other imposed conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM1Policy DM11Policy DM15Policy DM16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 174Paragraph 180Paragraph 182
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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