Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed24 March 20233310384

62a, Priory Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2BL

Planning appeal 3310384 at 62a, Priory Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2BL (Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council) was allowed on 24 March 2023 by Inspector Lawrence E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding locality.

vertical extensions to an existing dwelling house comprising an additional storey to the existing two-storey element and two storeys to part of the single storey element. Materials and finishes to extensions are proposed to match the existing

Authority
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Lawrence E
Postcode
TN9 2BL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding locality

What decided it

The proposed extension would respect the character and appearance of the host dwelling and surrounding locality, complying with development plan policies and NPPF guidance on design quality and local character.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CP24P4/12
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 130Paragraph 134

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

42 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Tonbridge and Malling

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023

  1. Allowed29 September 20266010459
    Land West of 103 Tonbridge Road, Hildenborough, TN11 9HL
  2. Dismissed29 September 20266009847
    The Old Stables, 12 Kenward Court, Hadlow, Tonbridge, TN11 0DX
  3. Dismissed8 July 20266007841
    Land Adjoining Hazeldene, Pilgrims Way, Trottiscliffe, West Malling, ME19 5EW
  4. Dismissed1 July 20266002496
    Old Allens, Allens Lane, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, TN15 0QZ
  5. Dismissed18 June 20266004481
    Elpatos, Pilgrims Way, West Malling, ME19 5EP

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.