®Planning appeal decision
Land to the west of Golden Hill, , Whitstable, CT5 3AR
Outline planning application for common areas associated with 8 self - build plots
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Wallace J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to the spatial strategy for the area
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The inability to be certain that safe and suitable access could be secured, combined with the adverse effects on character and appearance, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery under the tilted balance.
The benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits were given limited weight; the adverse impacts on character and appearance and the inability to secure safe access significantly and demonstrably outweighed these benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 135, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy SP4, Policy HD4, Policy DBE3, Policy SP1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.