®Planning appeal decision
78 Sir John Killick Road, Ashford, TN23 3TF
Planning appeal 3312472 at 78 Sir John Killick Road, Ashford, TN23 3TF (Ashford Borough Council) was dismissed on 30 March 2023 by Inspector Bennett K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would place additional parking pressures on the surrounding highways.
Retrospective permission for insertion of garage doors to car barn
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Bennett K
- Postcode
- TN23 3TF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would place additional parking pressures on the surrounding highways
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The insertion of garage doors would likely convert the car barn from parking use to storage use, resulting in displaced on-street parking and adverse highway and visual amenity effects contrary to Policy TRA3a and the Council's parking standards.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy TRA3a of the Ashford Local Plan 2030
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 appliedThe decision letter
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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.