®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjoining Checkmate Ltd, New Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1PZ
a two storey residential building with associated residential accommodation within the roofslope, associated access, underground parking, amenity provision and refuse/ cycle storage
- 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 proposal would provide an acceptable standard of accommodation for future occupiers, with particular regard to noise disturbance
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal would create unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers due to noise disturbance from the railway line, which constitutes substantial harm that significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of housing delivery.
The adverse impacts of failing to provide an acceptable standard of accommodation, assessed as significant and long-lasting, substantially outweighed the moderate benefits of 5 additional housing units, site remediation and ecological improvements, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 69, 119, 124
Plan policies cited: CP4, DM14
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.