®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent 32 Linden Drive and 67 Queens Way, Sheerness, ME12 1LG
three number one bedroom new dwellings with dormers to the front elevation, with all living accommodation to first floors and above
- Authority
- Swale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wright A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to the risk of flooding
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate through a properly applied sequential test that there were no reasonably available sites in areas of lower flood risk, making the location unsuitable and contrary to the Framework and development plan policy on flood risk.
The modest benefits of the development, including access to services, energy efficiency, and housing provision, did not outweigh the unsuitable location having regard to the risk of flooding
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy DM14, Policy DM21
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.