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Allowed5 July 20243333811

Land at Ufton Court Farm , Sittingbourne , ME9 8HP

Planning appeal 3333811 at Land at Ufton Court Farm , Sittingbourne , ME9 8HP (Swale Borough Council) was allowed on 5 July 2024 by Inspector Spencer D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The extent of the deliverable housing land supply.

construction of up to 290 dwellings, the formation of a new means of access onto Minterne Avenue, new footpaths and cycle routes, the creation of new surface water drainage, new landscaping and habitat creation, ground works and other infrastructure

Authority
Swale Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Spencer D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The extent of the deliverable housing land supply.
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area including whether the appeal location is a valued landscape.
  • What is the appropriate provision of affordable housing.
  • Other matters in the planning balance.

What decided it

The shortfall in the Council's deliverable five-year housing land supply, which rendered the spatial strategy policies out of date and meant the substantial housing (including affordable housing) benefits were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the identified harms.

The adverse impacts of granting permission (limited/moderate weight harms to landscape, ICLG, BMV land and built-up area boundary policies) did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits (significant weight to market housing, substantial weight to 30% affordable housing, moderate weight to economic benefits, limited weight to environmental benefits), so permission was granted under the tilted balance.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ST2Policy DM24Policy CP4Policy DM29Policy DM8Policy ST1Policy ST3Policy ST5Policy DM31Policy DM25Policy DM6Policy CP6Policy CP7Policy DM28Policy Regen 2 ST4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 55Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 58Paragraph 60Paragraph 63Paragraph 77Paragraph 115Paragraph 135Paragraph 180Paragraph 226

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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