Greet Cottage, Lady Margaret Manor Road, Doddington, ME9 0NT

demolition of existing residential dwelling, complete with outbuildings and large Nissan Hut and construction of new detached residential dwelling complete with integral supplementary annexe

Authority: Swale Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Carpenter C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on biodiversity and the measures necessary to avoid, mitigate or compensate for any negative effects.
Whether the proposed development would conserve and enhance the landscape and scenic beauty of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

What decided it

The absence of ecological surveys to establish the presence of protected species and the measures necessary to avoid, mitigate or compensate for harm, contrary to Circular 06/2005 and NPPF paragraph 180, resulted in potential significant harm to biodiversity that outweighed the proposal's landscape benefits.

Framework references: 176, 180

Plan policies cited: Policy DM28, Policy ST1, Policy ST3, Policy CP3, Policy DM11, Policy DM14, Policy DM24

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