Billmeir, Molehill Road, Chestfield, CT5 3PA

erection of 4 bedroom dwelling within the curtilage of Billmeir together with parking and access and alteration to parking and access to existing dwelling

Authority: Canterbury City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Smith D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether future occupiers of the proposed dwelling would be at risk of flooding having regard to local and national policies
The effect on the integrity of the Thames, Medway and Swale Estuaries and Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Special Protection Areas (SPAs)

What decided it

The compliance with Policy CC6, which permits minor infill development within flood zones subject to an FRA and mitigation measures, combined with the effective mitigation of SPA impacts through financial contribution, outweighs the need to undertake a sequential test under national policy.

The compliance with relevant development plan policies outweighs the need to undertake a sequential test as set out in national policy and advice.

Framework references: 167

Plan policies cited: Policy CC6, Policy CC4, Policy CC5, Policy SP6, Policy LB5

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