Land east of Lynsted Lane, Teynham, ME9 9QN

the erection of up to 10no. residential dwellings with associated landscaping, road layout and parking

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

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would be suitably located in terms of its accessibility to services and facilities
Whether the proposal would comply with the Council's settlement strategy

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d), and the substantial benefits of delivering up to ten homes on a medium-sized site with good accessibility outweighed the significant harm of conflicting with the settlement strategy.

The significant harm from conflict with the settlement strategy was outweighed by the substantial benefits of housing delivery (addressing the identified shortfall in land supply), the site's edge-of-settlement location with good accessibility to services and facilities by sustainable transport, and economic benefits, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d).

Framework references: 11, 49

Plan policies cited: Policy ST1, Policy ST3

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