8 Cross Lane, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8PN

to extend the existing office premises located on the ground floor of 8 Cross Lane Faversham by converting the existing first floor flat (8a Cross Lane) and change of use to provide two additional offices with storage and toilet. The front first floor office will be approximately 14 sq. m and the rear 12 sq.m

Authority: Swale Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Pattison B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on local housing supply

What decided it

The proposal would result in the loss of residential accommodation in a location where Policy DM1(3) requires residential uses to be retained, and this conflict with the development plan outweighs the moderate economic benefits of the scheme.

The moderate economic benefits of business expansion and employment creation were outweighed by the harm to local housing supply and the conflict with the development plan's protection of residential accommodation

Framework references: 60

Plan policies cited: Policy DM1(3), Policy DM1, Policy DM2

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