Planning appeal decision
Land at Whitstable Beach, Whitstable Foreshore, Landward Of Mean Low Water Line, Whitstable, CT5 1EJ
Planning appeal 3311742 at Land at Whitstable Beach, Whitstable Foreshore, Landward Of Mean Low Water Line, Whitstable, CT5 1EJ (Canterbury City Council) was allowed on 24 January 2024 by Inspector Pattison B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the submitted Beach Safety Assessments, required by condition 4 demonstrate that risks for users of the beach associated with the trestles are minimised.
construction of oyster trestles with the associated activity for the purpose of cultivating and farming of oysters on the Land
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Pattison B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the submitted Beach Safety Assessments, required by condition 4 demonstrate that risks for users of the beach associated with the trestles are minimised
What decided it
The Beach Safety Assessments contain sufficiently detailed and reasoned identification of risks with clear control and management measures to demonstrate that risks to beach users are minimised, thereby discharging condition 4.
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