Harrietsham Primary School And School House, Ashford Road, Harrietsham, Kent, ME17 1AJ

described on the planning application form as ‘Single storey extension with additional rooflights and addition of a West facing dormer with obscure window to as Change of use to the existing School House to provide 2 No. 3- bedroom dwellings and a new 4-bedroomed detached double storey residential dwelling with double garage. Widened opening to existing vehicle entrance in Church Road and new landscaped access roads, gardens and perimeter walls

Authority: Maidstone Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Simpson L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area and in particular, its effect on a non-designated heritage asset (NDHA)

What decided it

The substantial restoration and retention of the schoolhouse combined with significant enhancement of its setting through removal of harmful outbuildings outweighed the minor harm from contemporary additions, resulting in overall compliance with heritage and design policies.

Framework references: 203

Plan policies cited: Policy DM1, Policy DM4

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.