Land to the North of Lower Road, Teynham, Kent, ME9 9EQ

the creation of 23 new homes, associated landscaping, parking, relocation of commercial buildings and provision of a PROW cycleway/footpath

Authority: Swale Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Owen A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would provide a safe and suitable pedestrian access for its future occupiers

What decided it

The pedestrian route through the Selby House car park and unmade access road would not provide safe and suitable access for the development's future occupiers, conflicting with Framework paragraph 115 and local plan policies CP2, DM6 and ST1.

The significant benefits of providing 23 new homes and 3 affordable units during a housing land supply shortfall were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the considerable harm of failing to provide safe and suitable pedestrian access.

Framework references: 11, 61, 66, 73, 115, 116, 129, 135

Plan policies cited: CP2, DM6, ST1, DM26

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