®Planning appeal decision
2 Priory Gardens, Dartford, DA1 2BE
Planning appeal 3361477 at 2 Priory Gardens, Dartford, DA1 2BE (Dartford Borough Council) was dismissed on 31 July 2025 by Inspector Housden C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the occupiers of 2 Priory Gardens (No 2), with particular regard to the provision of internal floor space, the size of the external garden space and whether it would have adequate outlook and access to sunlight.
sub-division of existing dwelling and plot to create 2no dwellings each with separate garden areas”
- Authority
- Dartford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Housden C
- Postcode
- DA1 2BE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the occupiers of 2 Priory Gardens (No 2), with particular regard to the provision of internal floor space, the size of the external garden space and whether it would have adequate outlook and access to sunlight
- the effect of the appeal proposal on highway safety, with specific regard to the provision of parking
What decided it
The proposal would harm the living conditions of occupiers of No 2 through overshadowing and oppressive outlook to the garden area, conflicting with development plan policies requiring adequate amenity space and preventing material harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy M1Policy M2Policy M9Policy M15Policy M16
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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