®Planning appeal decision
The George, Benover Road, Yalding, Kent, ME18 6EJ
change of use from ground floor Sui Generis (Public House) to Class E restaurant part retail facilities with ancillary Sui Generis use (Takeaway) without complying with conditions 2 and 6 attached to planning permission Ref: 23/502781/FULL
- Authority
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Perrins N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there are any planning policies, planning issues and/or matters raised in the representations that would justify refusal of the proposal
What decided it
The absence of a required Flood Risk Assessment for a development in Flood Zone 3, combined with unresolved concerns about whether the removal of the internal staircase increased flood risk to the residential accommodation above, meant the development could not be demonstrated to be safe for its lifetime without increasing flood risk elsewhere.
Framework references: 170, 216
Plan policies cited: LPRSP14(C), LPRCD1, LPRSP7, LPRSP11(C), LPRSP14(B), LPRENV1, LPRSP15, LPRQD6, LPRTRA4
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