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Split Decision8 April 20243294407

Land at Merryboys House, Merryboys Road, Cliffe Woods, ROCHESTER, Kent, ME3 7TP

Without the benefit of planning permission, the erection of boundary treatment more than two metres in height consisting of telegraph poles, bamboo fencing and camouflage mesh, and the erection of three detached buildings on the Land

Authority
Medway Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector
King T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
  • The effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers

What decided it

The physical linkage of Buildings C and D via platform, balconies and external staircases created an intensive form of development incompatible with the character of the area and raised unacceptable privacy impacts on neighbouring residents, but these could be remedied by condition requiring removal of the linking features.

Plan policies cited: BNE1, BNE2

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