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Dismissed8 November 20243334756

Light Industrial Unit (Disused), Land Adjacent to Pebble Court Farm, Woodgate Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7QB

Planning appeal 3334756 at Light Industrial Unit (Disused), Land Adjacent to Pebble Court Farm, Woodgate Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7QB (Swale Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 November 2024 by Inspector De Freitas Terceiro P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the suitability of the site for the proposal, having regard to local and national policy for the location of housing.

the conversion and change of use of existing detached disused and abandoned former light industrial workshop into a three bedroom dwelling (C3) and conversion and change of use of existing adjacent detached former associated office and store (previously hay barn) currently disused into a home office to be used for the dwelling occupier. Proposals include part demolition of existing commercial workshop and installation of a sewage treatment plant and EV charging point

Authority
Swale Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
De Freitas Terceiro P
Postcode
ME9 7QB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the suitability of the site for the proposal, having regard to local and national policy for the location of housing

What decided it

The site's location outside settlement boundaries with poor accessibility by sustainable transport modes, combined with failure to demonstrate that the buildings had been appropriately marketed for employment or community uses, rendered the proposal unsuitable for housing and in conflict with the development plan.

The substantial harm from locating housing in an unsustainable location outside settlement boundaries, contrary to the spatial strategy, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of delivering one dwelling and reusing vacant buildings.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ST1Policy ST3Policy DM3Policy DM14

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