®Planning appeal decision
Land at east of Seymour Road and north of London Road, Moor Street, Rainham, Kent, ME8 8PY
66 residential dwellings (including 25% affordable housing), together with open space, landscaping, drainage, access, parking and associated works
- Authority
- Medway Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Ware P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety.
- The effect of the proposal on the setting and significance of designated heritage assets.
What decided it
The lack of a five year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, under which the substantial benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery outweighed the low level of heritage harm and the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
the public benefits, including housing and affordable housing delivery, economic benefits and other improvements, cumulatively outweighed the low level of less than substantial harm to heritage assets, such that under the tilted balance the adverse impacts of granting permission did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy T1, Policy BNE2, Policy BNE14, Policy BNE18
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.