77A Windsor Road, GRAVESEND, DA12 5BW

garage conversion to new residential dwelling

Authority: Gravesham Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Miles H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
The quality of living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to privacy and the size of the proposed dwelling

What decided it

The substantial combined harm to character and appearance, design quality, and living conditions (inadequate space standards and unacceptable privacy harm) significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery, displacing the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

The modest benefits of delivering one dwelling on brownfield land in a sustainable location were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by substantial harm to character and appearance, failure to secure well-designed places, and inadequate living conditions for future occupiers, displacing the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d).

Framework references: 11, 125

Plan policies cited: Policy CS19, Policy CS15, Policy CS14

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