Land North of 24 Jetty Road, Warden Sheerness, Kent, ME12 4PR

‘proposed pair of 3 bed S/D houses with associated parking spaces’

Authority: Swale Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Philpott M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site is an appropriate location for housing, having regard to coastal change and associated development plan and national policy
the effect of the proposal on ecology

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate residential development in a Coastal Change Management Area, conflicting with LP Policy DM23 and Framework paragraphs 184-185, and this conflict is not outweighed by the limited housing benefits despite the Council's shortfall in housing land supply.

The presumption in favour of sustainable development was engaged due to the Council's housing supply shortfall, but the Framework's coastal change protection policies provided a strong reason for refusal; the limited housing benefits did not outweigh the conflict with the development plan.

Framework references: 11, 184, 185, 187, 193

Plan policies cited: Policy DM23, Policy DM28

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