®Planning appeal decision
No1 Primrose Cottages, Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo, Kent, ME3 8QF
Planning appeal 3326810 at No1 Primrose Cottages, Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo, Kent, ME3 8QF (Medway Council) was allowed on 25 March 2024 by Inspector Carpenter C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be in a suitable location with respect to the settlement pattern.
a three bedroomed attached dwelling with associated parking
- Authority
- Medway Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Carpenter C
- Postcode
- ME3 8QF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be in a suitable location with respect to the settlement pattern
- the effect of the proposal on the integrity of protected European sites
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11d(ii), which indicated permission should be granted because the adverse impacts of the development plan conflict would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and sustainable location.
The conflict with development plan policies H11 and BNE25 was outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery in a district with a significant shortfall (3-year supply), the sustainable location with accessible services and transport modes, the minor scale of development, economic benefits, and absence of harm to character and appearance, applying the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11d(ii).
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H11Policy BNE25Policy BNE1Policy BNE35Policy T1Policy T13
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 48Paragraph 84Paragraph 83Paragraph 123Paragraph 8Paragraph 11
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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