55 Parsonage Chase, Minster on Sea, SHEERNESS, ME12 3JX

replacement of existing bungalow with 7 houses and associated car parking and access drive

Authority: Swale Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Small M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
whether the proposed development would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to outlook and car parking
the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity, with particular regard to Great Crested Newts
whether the proposed development would preserve the setting of the Grade II listed Parsonage Farm

What decided it

The adverse impacts on character and appearance, living conditions, and biodiversity significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing benefit of 6 dwellings, such that the development would not constitute sustainable development under paragraph 11 of the Framework.

The modest benefits of 6 additional dwellings and economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse effects on character and appearance, unsatisfactory living conditions, and impacts on biodiversity, such that the development would not be sustainable development.

Framework references: 11, 60, 69, 119, 124, 130, 174, 206, 219

Plan policies cited: Policy CP 3, Policy CP 4, Policy CP 8, Policy DM 14, Policy DM 28, Policy DM 32, Policy ST 6

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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