®Planning appeal decision
Beult Barn Ashford Road, Great Chart, ASHFORD, TN23 3DH
the erection of three dwellings
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Shearing C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitably located for housing with regard to the policies of the development plan
- the effects of the proposal on the Stodmarsh nature conservation site
What decided it
The adverse impacts arising from the site's unsustainable location and poor accessibility to services and facilities significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefit of three new homes, even under the tilted balance test.
The modest benefit of three new homes towards housing supply was given moderate weight, but the significant and long-lasting adverse impacts of the unsustainable location significantly and demonstrably outweighed this benefit when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 79, 80, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy HOU5
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.