®Planning appeal decision
7 King Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2EB
conversion of upper floors into three flats
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the effect of noise from nearby commercial premises
- the effect of the proposal on the supply of employment land
- whether there would be any adverse effect on protected species, with particular regard to bats
What decided it
The failure to satisfactorily demonstrate that suitable living conditions could be provided for future occupiers, particularly in relation to noise from the adjacent Sports Bar, combined with inadequately justified loss of employment land, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery.
The adverse impacts of inadequate noise mitigation and loss of employment land, carrying significant weight, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of three small housing units in a town centre location and addressing the housing land supply shortfall, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 135, 198, 200
Plan policies cited: Policy CS19, Policy CS07, Policy CS05, Policy CS12
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.