Planning appeal decision
3 Lower Rowling Farm Cottages, Rowling Road, Goodnestone, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1PZ
Planning appeal 3287796 at 3 Lower Rowling Farm Cottages, Rowling Road, Goodnestone, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1PZ (Dover District Council) was allowed on 10 October 2022 by Inspector Smith D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed access on highway safety along Rowling Road.
Creation of a new vehicular access and driveway with associated levelling, hard surfacing, gate installation and fencing to block the existing drive
- Authority
- Dover District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Smith D
- Postcode
- CT3 1PZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed access on highway safety along Rowling Road
What decided it
The low traffic levels and modest speeds on the rural lane, combined with the similarity of the proposed access to other countryside access points, meant the risk of collision would be very low and insufficient to preclude the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 111
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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