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Dismissed2 May 20253356062

Le Raccard, Faulkners Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 9DN

Planning appeal 3356062 at Le Raccard, Faulkners Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 9DN (Canterbury City Council) was dismissed on 2 May 2025 by Inspector Dade E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location and siting of the building make it impractical or undesirable for the building to change to a dwellinghouse, in terms of whether the proposal would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to noise, disturbance, odour.

Conversion of part of an agricultural building into 1 dwellinghouse (104 m²) at the eastern end, with retained agricultural use of the remainder of the building

Authority
Canterbury City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Dade E
Postcode
CT2 9DN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the location and siting of the building make it impractical or undesirable for the building to change to a dwellinghouse, in terms of whether the proposal would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to noise, disturbance, odour

What decided it

The proposal fails to demonstrate that it would provide suitable living conditions for future occupants with regard to noise, disturbance and odour from agricultural activities in the retained barn and surrounding land, thereby failing to comply with GPDO Paragraph Q.2(1)(e).

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