®Planning appeal decision
Whitehill Stables, Whitehill, Wrotham, Kent, TN15 7RH
Planning appeal 3338252 at Whitehill Stables, Whitehill, Wrotham, Kent, TN15 7RH (Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 October 2024 by Inspector Price A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a satisfactory standard of accommodation would be provided for future occupants, with particular regard to noise and disturbance in the garden area.
the conversion and extension of existing stables to create a two bedroom dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Price A
- Postcode
- TN15 7RH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether a satisfactory standard of accommodation would be provided for future occupants, with particular regard to noise and disturbance in the garden area
What decided it
The proposed garden area would not provide a comfortable standard of accommodation for future occupants due to unmitigated road traffic noise levels exceeding British Standard guidelines, contrary to Policy SQ6.
The benefits of housing supply contribution and social and economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to living conditions from noise in the garden area
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SQ6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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