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Allowed12 August 20243339531

Land At Newnham Court Way, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5FT

Planning appeal 3339531 at Land At Newnham Court Way, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5FT (Maidstone Borough Council) was allowed on 12 August 2024 by Inspector Shrigley M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the acceptability of the principle of a food store use in the location proposed having regard to planning policy.

Erection of a new food store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping, and associated works

Authority
Maidstone Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
retail · Major retail and services
Inspector
Shrigley M
Postcode
ME14 5LH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the acceptability of the principle of a food store use in the location proposed having regard to planning policy
  • the visual impact of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • the planning merits informing any overall planning balance

What decided it

The Inspector concluded the proposal accorded with Policy RMX1(1) and the development plan as a whole, and that in any event the substantial job creation and economic benefits outweighed any harm from the reduced maximum medical campus floorspace.

the substantial economic and employment benefits of the scheme outweighed the notional reduction in the maximum 100,000m2 medical campus floorspace allocation and all other harms identified, even had a breach of the development plan been found

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
SS1SP1RMX1LPRSS1LPRSP2LPRSO11(B)DM16DM17LPRCD1RMX1(1)DM1LPRSP15LPRSP14aLPRSP12LPRSP13LPRSP11
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 135Paragraph 115Paragraph 11
Judgments
Tesco v Dundee [2012]

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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