®Planning appeal decision
Car Park Rear Of Two Brewers, 33 Lowfield Street, DARTFORD, DA1 1EW
erection of a 5-storey building comprising 14 no. apartments (6 No. 1-bed and 8 No. 2-bed), with 3 No. car parking spaces, bin and cycle store without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref DA/19/00748/FUL, dated 13 March 2020
- Authority
- Dartford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of varying condition 12 to allow for an alternative external material on the character and appearance of the building and surrounding town centre environment
- the effect of varying condition 12 to allow for an alternative external material on the setting of designated heritage assets
What decided it
The alternative external material, while technically different from the approved facing brick, achieves a visually equivalent appearance and does not materially diminish the quality of the approved design or harm the character and appearance of the building, town centre environment, or the setting of designated heritage assets.
Framework references: 135, 140
Plan policies cited: Policy DP2, Policy D1, Policy D2, Policy M1, Policy M5, Policy M6
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.