Dargate Road, Yorkletts, Kent, CT5 3AH

outline application for 9 self-build homes with all matters reserved except access

Authority: Canterbury City 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 location of the appeal site would be suitable for new housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and accessibility to services and facilities

What decided it

The Council's failure to meet the housing delivery test and the significant benefits of delivering self-build homes to meet identified demand outweigh the moderate conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy.

The adverse impacts of conflict with the Council's spatial strategy (moderate weight) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision (significant weight) and other benefits including biodiversity enhancement and economic benefits (moderate weight), applying the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11(d).

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy SP4, Policy HD4, Policy SP1, Policy LB9, Policy SP6, Policy LB5, Policy DBE3

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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