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Dismissed27 March 20233294079

Chapter Arms, New Town Street, Chartham Hatch, Canterbury, CT4 7LT

Planning appeal 3294079 at Chapter Arms, New Town Street, Chartham Hatch, Canterbury, CT4 7LT (Canterbury City Council) was dismissed on 27 March 2023 by Inspector Lewis D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal 1: Whether the use of the property as a dwellinghouse was continuous and substantially uninterrupted for four years prior to 4 November 2017.

Change of use from a public house to a dwelling house

Authority
Canterbury City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Lewis D
Postcode
CT4 7LT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Appeal 1: Whether the use of the property as a dwellinghouse was continuous and substantially uninterrupted for four years prior to 4 November 2017
  • Appeal 2: The effect of the development on the Stodmarsh Special Area of Conservation and on village and community facilities

What decided it

For Appeal 1: insufficient evidence of continuous residential use throughout the four-year period; for Appeal 2: inability to rule out adverse impacts on Stodmarsh SAC integrity due to deficient appropriate assessment and unjustified occupancy assumptions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LB5 of the Canterbury District Local Plan 2017

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