®Planning appeal decision
12 London Road and Ebbor House, Barrack Hill, HYTHE, CT21 4DF
Outline application for the demolition and redevelopment to provide 20 residential units incorporating access and landscaping details, with matters of appearance, layout and scale reserved for future consideration
- Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wallace J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area including the effect on protected trees
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers
- whether suitable access to the site can be achieved
- the effect of the proposed development on land stability
- whether there would be suitable provision for affordable housing and open space
What decided it
The proposed development would conflict with the development plan taken as a whole due to cumulative harm to character and appearance, living conditions, highway safety, land stability, and affordable housing provision, with no material considerations of sufficient weight to outweigh this conflict.
The benefit from delivery of additional dwellings and the site's location within an urban area with good access to services were outweighed by the significant harms to character and appearance, living conditions of neighbours, highway safety, land stability, and failure to provide on-site affordable housing.
Framework references: 128, 135, 56
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy (2022) Policy SS1, Core Strategy (2022) Policy SS3, Places and Policies Local Plan (September 2020) Policy HB1, Places and Policies Local Plan (September 2020) Policy HB10, Places and Policies Local Plan (September 2020) Policy C1, Places and Policies Local Plan (September 2020) Policy NE2, Places and Policies Local Plan (September 2020) Policy T1, Places and Policies Local Plan (September 2020) Policy NE6, Core Strategy (2022) Policy CSD1, Core Strategy (2022) Policy C3, Core Strategy (2022) Policy C4
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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