®Planning appeal decision
Keat Farm Caravan Park, Reculver Road, Herne Bay, CT6 6SR
Planning appeal 3298520 at Keat Farm Caravan Park, Reculver Road, Herne Bay, CT6 6SR (Canterbury City Council) was allowed on 24 April 2023 by Inspector Marigold O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the need to require use of the site only for tourist accommodation.
Extension of use of the existing caravan park from eleven to twelve months each year for the residential use of no more than 10 caravans
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Marigold O
- Postcode
- CT6 6SR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the need to require use of the site only for tourist accommodation
- the suitability of the location for unrestricted residential use having regard to its accessibility to services and facilities
- the effect of the proposal on the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Special Protection Area and RAMSAR site and the water quality of the Stour Valley river
What decided it
The Council's failure to meet the Housing Delivery Test triggered the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii), and the significant housing benefits of providing ten units of accommodation for full-time use outweighed the moderate conflict with tourism policies and limited conflict with the spatial strategy.
The adverse impacts of granting permission (moderate conflict with tourism policies TV3 and TV4, limited conflict with spatial policy SP4) did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits (significant housing supply contribution and limited social and economic benefits), when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy TV3Policy TV4Policy SP4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 60
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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