®Planning appeal decision
Berkeley House , 7 Oakhill Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 1NQ
Planning appeal 3316398 at Berkeley House , 7 Oakhill Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 1NQ (Sevenoaks District Council) was allowed on 3 August 2023 by Inspector Chamberlain G, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including the effect on trees.
Demolition of existing building and ancillary structures and the erection of a residential apartment building (69 units) together with associated parking, basement, refuse and recycling facilities, hard and soft landscaping, and associated earthworks
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Chamberlain G
- Postcode
- TN13 1NQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including the effect on trees
- The effect of the proposed development on designated open space 337
- The effect of the proposed development on the setting of the Kippington and the Granville Road and Eardley Road Conservation Areas
What decided it
Under the tilted balance, the benefits of delivering housing (including reuse of previously developed land in a highly constrained area) narrowly outweighed the identified moderate harms to character/appearance, open space and heritage setting.
the benefits of housing delivery, reuse of brownfield land, economic benefits and biodiversity net gain, of a high order, narrowly outweighed the moderate harm to character and appearance, open space and the less than substantial heritage harm, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP1Policy SP7Policy SP8Policy SP3Policy SP2Policy SP11Policy LO1Policy LO2Policy EN1Policy EN2Policy EN4Policy EN5Policy GI2Policy EMP1Policy T1Policy C4Policy L4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 20dParagraph 81Paragraph 99Paragraph 120Paragraph 134Paragraph 152Paragraph 200Paragraph 202
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.