®Planning appeal decision
2-4 St John's Road, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 2QT
the demolition of existing building and erection of one office and nine flats with associated parking
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Glassar S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not a sequential test is required to assess flood risk for the proposed development
- The effect of the proposed development on the integrity of the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay and Thames, Medway and Swale Estuaries Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
What decided it
The site's status as previously developed land within an identified Local Centre, combined with flood risk consideration at plan preparation stage and the absence of material changes in circumstances, meant a sequential test was not required; and the submission of a Unilateral Undertaking securing SPA mitigation measures resolved the integrity concern.
Plan policies cited: Policy CC4, Policy CC6, Policy CC5, Policy SP6, Policy SP1, Policy LB5, Policy LB9
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.