®Planning appeal decision
Elite Car Wash Centre, Sandwich Road, Hacklinge , Kent, CT14 0AT
outline application for the erection of 5no. dwellings (with all matters reserved except access)
- Authority
- Dover District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Glassar S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the location of the site
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- flood risk
- the effect of the proposed development on the protected habitats of the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Ramsar site and the Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
What decided it
The proposal failed the flood risk exception test and lacked the required Appropriate Assessment for protected habitats, either of which alone was sufficient to dismiss the appeal.
The limited beneficial aspects of the scheme (housing provision, economic benefits, previously developed land) did not outweigh the identified harms (location contrary to spatial strategy, harm to character and appearance, unresolved flood risk and protected habitat concerns).
Framework references: 48, 80, 120, 181
Plan policies cited: Policy CP1, Policy DM1, Policy DM11, Policy DM15, Policy DM16, Draft Policy SP1, Draft Policy SP2, Draft Policy SP4, Draft Policy TI1, Draft Policy CC5
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.