®Planning appeal decision
The Little Black Dog, The Street, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3AN
change of use of building from former public house to form a single dwelling house, with off street parking and garden area; alterations to fenestration
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davies N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the host non-designated heritage asset and whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area
- The loss of an existing community facility
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the proposed replacement windows would not harm the non-designated heritage asset and the character or appearance of the Conservation Area, combined with insufficient detail on the window design, outweighed the limited housing benefit of a single dwelling.
The limited social and economic benefit of providing one dwelling did not outweigh the significant potential harm to the non-designated heritage asset and the Conservation Area; the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 84, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV13, Policy ENV14
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