®Planning appeal decision
7 King Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2EB
Planning appeal 3362506 at 7 King Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2EB (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 September 2025 by Inspector Smith J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the effect of noise from nearby commercial premises.
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
- Postcode
- DA12 2EB
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS19Policy CS07Policy CS05Policy CS12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 135Paragraph 198Paragraph 200
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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