Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed25 August 20223291481

The Rectory Church Road, Harrietsham, Maidstone, ME17 1AP

Planning appeal 3291481 at The Rectory Church Road, Harrietsham, Maidstone, ME17 1AP (Maidstone Borough Council) was allowed on 25 August 2022 by Inspector Smith D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including the setting of the adjoining Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

residential development with all matters reserved except access

Authority
Maidstone Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Smith D
Postcode
ME17 1AP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including the setting of the adjoining Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
  • Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location having regard to relevant development plan policies

What decided it

The proposal would accord with the development plan and would not harm the character and appearance of the area or the setting of the Kent Downs AONB, and there are no other material considerations to indicate that the appeal should be dismissed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP17Policy DM1Policy DM30Policy SS1Policy DM12
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 194Paragraph 112

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

40 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Maidstone Borough Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022

  1. Allowed20 December 20243346817
    Land East of Albion Road and North of Copper Lane, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent , TN12 9EG
  2. Dismissed24 February 20233294625
    Dunrovin, 17 Charlesford Avenue, Kingswood, Kent, ME17 3PE
  3. Allowed24 January 20223275996
    Lewis Court Cottage Green Lane, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4LF
  4. Dismissed29 October 20266010536
    21 Tasker Close, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8NZ
  5. Allowed27 October 20266015190
    Little Southernden, Southernden Road, Headcorn, TN27 9LL

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.