®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed16 February 20243315735
Church Of St. Gabriel, Rough Common Road, Rough Common, CANTERBURY, CT2 9DJ
demolition of existing small chapel, to be replaced with a 3 bedrooms detached house
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Shearing C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effects of the proposal on designated habitat sites
- the acceptability of the loss of the community facility
- the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposal would provide an acceptable standard of accommodation for future occupiers in terms of provision of outdoor space
- effects on highway safety arising from parking arrangements
What decided it
The proposal would have an adverse effect on the integrity of protected habitat sites, particularly Stodmarsh, with no adequate mitigation strategy or certainty of delivery, requiring dismissal under the Habitats Regulations.
Plan policies cited: Policy LB5, Policy LB6, Policy SP6, Policy QL3, Policy DBE3, Policy DBE4, Policy T9
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