®Planning appeal decision
Land Rear of 172-174 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2EQ
Planning appeal 3349823 at Land Rear of 172-174 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2EQ (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 January 2025 by Inspector Knight A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
erection of a new build residential dwelling and associated landscaping, car parking, refuse and cycle storage
- Authority
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Knight A
- Postcode
- TN1 2EQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the dwelling's visual prominence and the introduction of domestic parking use to the green corridor outweighs the modest benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in a location with insufficient five-year housing land supply.
The significant harm to character and appearance, weighted heavily in accordance with Framework requirements for sympathetic development, outweighs the modest benefits of housing delivery and effective land use, such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against Framework policies taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN1 of the Tunbridge Wells Borough Local Plan 2006Policy CP4 of the Tunbridge Wells Borough Core Strategy 2010Policy CP9 of the Tunbridge Wells Borough Core Strategy 2010
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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