1 Pepys Way, ROCHESTER, ME2 3LH

‘Re submission of application MC/21/1823. Construction of a two storey side extension, part single storey, part two’

Authority: Medway Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Martinson P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties
the effect of the proposed development on highway safety
the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity with particular regard to the Thames Estuary and Marshes and the Medway Estuary and Marshes Special Protection Areas (SPAs)

What decided it

The proposal fails on three independent grounds: harm to neighbouring living conditions from intensified use of the rear access lane, inadequate parking provision creating highway safety risks, and failure to provide required biodiversity mitigation for Special Protection Areas.

Framework references: 130, 110, 112, 180, 181

Plan policies cited: Policy BNE2, Policy T13, Policy BNE35

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