®Planning appeal decision
Chandler Forest Products Ltd, 82 Jeffery Street, Gillingham, ME7 1DB
Planning appeal 3291633 at Chandler Forest Products Ltd, 82 Jeffery Street, Gillingham, ME7 1DB (Medway Council) was allowed on 14 September 2022 by Inspector Gilbert J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers on Victoria Street, with regard to privacy.
demolition of existing building and construction of a pair of two-bedroomed bungalows and one 2.5 storey block of flats, comprising three x 2- bedroomed flats and nine x 1-bedroom flats with associated amenity space, refuse, cycle storage and car parking
- Authority
- Medway Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Gilbert J
- Postcode
- ME7 1DB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers on Victoria Street, with regard to privacy
- whether the proposed development would make appropriate provision for infrastructure needs arising from the development, with particular regard to the effect of the development on the North Kent Marshes Special Protection Area (SPA)/Ramsar sites
What decided it
The mitigation measures secured through the s.106 undertaking, combined with the absence of harm to neighbouring privacy, allowed the appeal to proceed.
The benefits of residential development in a town centre location, combined with appropriate mitigation for ecological effects and no harm to neighbouring privacy, outweighed any other considerations.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BNE2Policy S6Policy BNE35Policy L4Medway Local Plan 2003
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130Paragraph 86Paragraph 92Paragraph 93Paragraph 104Paragraph 105Paragraph 180Paragraph 181Paragraph 57
- Judgments
- People over Wind and Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta ECLI:EU:C:2018:244
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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