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Allowed23 June 20233316176

Pear Paddock Symonds Lane, Yalding, Maidstone, ME18 6HA

Planning appeal 3316176 at Pear Paddock Symonds Lane, Yalding, Maidstone, ME18 6HA (Maidstone Borough Council) was allowed on 23 June 2023 by Inspector Renaudon L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The first concerns the implications for flood risk of the development.

Siting of 1no. additional mobile home including removal of existing amenity building and erection of a dayroom (part retrospective)

Authority
Maidstone Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Renaudon L
Postcode
ME18 6HA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The first concerns the implications for flood risk of the development.
  • The second concerns whether the proposed development is acceptable in its countryside and relatively remote location.

What decided it

The Environment Agency's agreement to the Flood Risk Assessment satisfied the flood risk exception test under policy DM15, and the Council's countryside/sustainability objection was found unsubstantiated, leaving no conflict with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
DM15SS1SP17DM30DM1
Judgments
Smith v Secretary of State for Housing, Levelling Up and Communities [2022] EWCA Civ 1391

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