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Dismissed3 July 20233314870

Little Mongeham Ltd, Manor Farm, Little Mongeham, Deal, CT14 0HR

Planning appeal 3314870 at Little Mongeham Ltd, Manor Farm, Little Mongeham, Deal, CT14 0HR (Dover District Council) was dismissed on 3 July 2023 by Inspector Webb B, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the development on the integrity of the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar (collectively 'the habitats sites').

Change of use of land to an airfield to include a runway, helipad, erection of 2no. aircraft hangars, flight office and toilets, workshop/plant storage building, glamping for 10no. pitches, associated parking and a vehicular access track.

Authority
Dover District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Webb B
Postcode
CT14 0HR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effects of the development on the integrity of the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar (collectively 'the habitats sites')
  • The effects of the development on the living conditions of occupants of nearby dwellings in relation to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The Inspector could not conclude that likely significant effects on the integrity of the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay SPA/Ramsar would be fully mitigated, because the submitted Unilateral Undertaking's management obligations were uncertain and unenforceable, meaning the appeal could not lawfully be allowed.

On noise, the economic and aviation-network benefits of replacement airfield capacity and glamping outweighed the residual noise effects and conflict with Policy OS7, but this balance was rendered immaterial because the habitats sites issue required refusal as a matter of law.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy OS7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 106

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.

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