Land adjacent 113 Chaffes Lane, Upchurch, Kent, ME9 7BB

the erection of 5no. detached and 2no. semi-detached residential dwellings. This

Authority: Swale Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Glassar S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development having regard to local and national policies for the distribution of housing and the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework, which outweighed the conflict with the development plan.

The limited adverse impacts associated with the conflict with the development plan due to the site's location outside the planning boundaries do not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of delivering 7 new houses and associated economic and social benefits, when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy ST3, Policy ST5, Policy DM14, Policy DM24

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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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