®Planning appeal decision
Workshop adjoining No.14 Southwood Avenue, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN4 9PN
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
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
Framework references: 11, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy EN1, Policy EN13
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