162 Botany Road , Broadstairs , Kent , CT10 3SE

Authority: Thanet District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Sylvester G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development affects the integrity of the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar site, which is subject to statutory protection under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, as amended
Whether occupants of the development are provided with satisfactory living conditions, with particular regard to internal floor space, outlook and privacy
The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of Numbers 162 and 164 Botany Road, with particular regard to privacy, noise and disturbance

What decided it

The submitted Unilateral Undertaking was deficient and could not effectively secure mitigation of the development's significant adverse effect on the integrity of the Special Protection Area, requiring refusal under Regulation 63(5) of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

Framework references: 124, 135

Plan policies cited: Policy SP29, Policy QD03, Policy E08

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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