®Planning appeal decision
The White House, Heath Road, Kent , Boughton Monchelsea, ME17 4JE
conversion of existing barn together with the erection of a single storey extension and changes to fenestration to create an independent residential dwelling
- Authority
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether satisfactory living conditions are available for occupiers of the converted building, having regard to the amount of internal space and private outdoor amenity space
- whether the site would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to its accessibility to services and facilities
What decided it
The combination of the building's visually unobtrusive rearward location within an established garden, the modest scale of the single dwelling, and the site's proximity to nearby settlements and services justified allowing the appeal despite the location outside a defined settlement and shortfall against space standards.
Plan policies cited: Policy SP17, Policy DM1, Policy DM30, Policy DM31, Policy SS1
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