Planning appeal decision
Three Buoys,, Red Street, Southfleet, County (Optional), DA13 9QL
Planning appeal 3301765 at Three Buoys,, Red Street, Southfleet, County (Optional), DA13 9QL (Dartford Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 March 2023 by Inspector Bowyer J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the setting and significance of Old Ship Cottage, a Grade II Listed Building.
installation of solar panels on the south facing roof
- Authority
- Dartford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Bowyer J
- Postcode
- DA13 9QL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the setting and significance of Old Ship Cottage, a Grade II Listed Building
What decided it
The public benefits of renewable energy generation were insufficient to outweigh the minor but material harm to the significance of the Grade II Listed Building caused by the visual intrusion of the solar panels in its setting.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DP13 of the Dartford Development Policies Plan 2017Policy M5 of the Pre-Submission Dartford Local Plan
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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