®Planning appeal decision
Land south east of Bridge Close, Appledore Road , Woodchurch, Kent
31 dwellings, new access, parking and associated landscaping including 40% affordable housing and self-build plot(s)
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The principle of the proposed development
- The effect of the proposed development on the character, appearance and landscaping of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of occupiers, having particular regard to the development's design and layout
- Affordable housing and housing mix
- Highway matters
- Drainage
What decided it
The proposed development would create an overtly urban estate appearance with insufficient landscape buffering along the southern boundary, failing to reflect the edge-of-countryside location required by Policy S62 and resulting in unacceptable harm to the character, appearance and landscaping of the area.
Plan policies cited: Policy S62, Policy SP6, Policy ENV3a, Policy HOU5, Policy HOU12, Policy HOU14, Policy HOU15, Policy HOU1, Policy HOU18, Policy HOU6, Policy ENV6, Policy ENV9, Policy TRA3a, Policy TRA6, Policy ENV1, Policy COM1, Policy COM2, Policy IMP1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.