®Planning appeal decision
1 Gladstone Road, Chatham, KENT, ME4 6DY
‘demolition of an existing garage for the construction of a 2bedroom 3person residential dwelling and a new drop curb application for allocated parking bays for the new dwelling’
- Authority
- Medway Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wright A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on road user safety, with particular regard to the proposed parking arrangements
- whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to internal and external space
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of 3 Gladstone Road, with particular regard to privacy
What decided it
The significant and demonstrable harm to character and appearance, road user safety, and future occupiers' living conditions outweighed the modest housing supply benefit in circumstances where paragraph 11(d) of the Framework was engaged.
The modest benefit of one dwelling contributing to housing supply and addressing the shortfall in housing provision was outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance, road user safety, and the provision of unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy BNE1, Policy BNE2, Policy H4, Policy T1, Policy T13
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.