®Planning appeal decision
The Honey Pot Cafe & Tearooms, 4 High Street, Shoreham, Kent, TN14 7TD
Planning appeal 3290548 at The Honey Pot Cafe & Tearooms, 4 High Street, Shoreham, Kent, TN14 7TD (Sevenoaks District Council) was allowed on 25 November 2022 by Inspector Price A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that varying the conditions would have on the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance.
Small wooden/plastic roof covering patio area, outside seating area, and string of decorative fairy lights
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Price A
- Postcode
- TN14 7TD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that varying the conditions would have on the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The absence of substantive evidence demonstrating that excessive levels of noise, disturbance or lighting impacts would result from extending the hours of operation by one hour until 18:00, combined with the limited size of the seating area and the existing commercial activity on High Street at that time.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN2 of the Sevenoaks Allocations and Development Management Plan
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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