Alberta Caravan Park, Faversham Road, Seasalter, WHITSTABLE, CT5 4BJ

use of land to accommodate 91 static holiday caravans

Authority: Canterbury City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Rivett M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the proposal complies with local and national policy in respect of flooding, having particular regard to the sequential and exception tests
the effect of the proposal on biodiversity, in particular the integrity of the Swale and Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay SPAs and RAMSAR sites and the Tankerton Slopes and Swalecliffe SAC

What decided it

The proposal only satisfied the flood risk exception test, and biodiversity impacts were only avoided, once conditioned as a temporary permission to 2055 and secured by a Unilateral Undertaking and mitigation conditions.

the wider sustainability benefits of job creation and tourism accommodation outweighed flood risk provided the proposal was conditioned for a temporary period to 2055, meeting the exception test

Plan policies cited: Policy TV4, Policy CC4, Policy CC5, Policy LB5, Policy LB6, Policy LB7, Policy LB9, Policy SP6, Policy LB12, Policy LB8, Policy DBE3, Policy LB2, Policy LB4

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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.

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