®Planning appeal decision
Chestnuts, Quakers Close, Hartley, Kent, DA3 7EA
a 2 bed detached dwelling house with associated parking, amenity, and landscaping
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Catcheside E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The adverse impacts of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, given significant weight as a matter fundamental to the planning process under Framework paragraph 130, significantly and demonstrably outweigh the minor benefits of delivering a single dwelling in a context of housing land supply shortfall.
The significant harm to character and appearance, weighted against the minor social and economic benefits of a single dwelling, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against Framework policies taken as a whole, notwithstanding the five-year housing land supply shortfall.
Framework references: 11, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1 of the Sevenoaks District Council Local Development Framework Core Strategy Development Plan Document 2011, Policy EN1 of the Sevenoaks District Council Allocations and Development Management Plan 2015
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.