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Allowed28 February 20233308172

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

Planning appeal 3308172 at Alberta Caravan Park, Faversham Road, Seasalter, Whitstable, CT5 4BJ (Canterbury City Council) was allowed on 28 February 2023 by Inspector Rivett M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal complies with local and national policy in respect of flooding, having particular regard to the sequential and exception tests.

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
Postcode
CT5 4BJ

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy TV4Policy CC4Policy CC5Policy LB5Policy LB6Policy LB7Policy LB9Policy SP6Policy LB12Policy LB8Policy DBE3Policy LB2Policy LB4

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