Land at East of Seymour Road and North of London Road, Moor Street, Rainham, Kent, ME8 8PY

Planning appeal 3311965 at Land at East of Seymour Road and North of London Road, Moor Street, Rainham, Kent, ME8 8PY (Medway Council) was allowed on 22 June 2023 by Inspector Ware P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on highway safety.

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
Postcode: ME14 3EN

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy T1Policy BNE2Policy BNE14Policy BNE18
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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