®Planning appeal decision
No1 PRIMROSE COTTAGES, RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY, HOO, KENT, ME3 8QF
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
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).
Framework references: 48, 84, 83, 123, 8, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy H11, Policy BNE25, Policy BNE1, Policy BNE35, Policy T1, Policy T13
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.