®Planning appeal decision
Workshop Adjoining No.14 Southwood Avenue, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PN
Planning appeal 3312528 at Workshop Adjoining No.14 Southwood Avenue, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PN (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 September 2023 by Inspector Simpson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including its effect on a protected tree.
Demolition of existing workshop and erection of new dwelling
- Authority
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Simpson L
- Postcode
- TN4 9PN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including its effect on a protected tree
- Whether the proposed dwelling would result in an acceptable standard of accommodation for future occupiers, with particular regard to the outside space proposed
What decided it
The substantial harm to the character and appearance of the area, combined with the failure to provide an acceptable standard of accommodation, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of one new dwelling, even in the context of a housing land supply shortfall.
the substantial and permanent harm to character and the inadequate standard of accommodation significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery on previously developed land, such that the tilted balance did not require permission to be granted
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN1Policy EN13
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 130
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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