Pemsey Field View, Lees Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6QB

Planning appeal 3364504 at Pemsey Field View, Lees Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6QB (Ashford Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 September 2025 by Inspector Lawrence R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the Stodmarsh designated sites.

Change of use of storage building to a two-bed dwellinghouse, to include two parking spaces and garden area

Authority: Ashford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Lawrence R
Postcode: TN25 6QB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the Stodmarsh designated sites
whether the proposal would provide a suitable standard of accommodation for future occupants, with particular regard to external amenity space, privacy and outlook
whether the proposal would make adequate provision for car parking

What decided it

The proposal would likely have a significant adverse effect on the integrity of European Protected Sites and cannot achieve nutrient neutrality, which is a clear conflict with the Habitats Regulations and the development plan that carries substantial weight and cannot be outweighed by the modest housing supply benefit.

the modest contribution to housing supply and social and economic benefits did not outweigh the likely significant harm to European Protected Sites, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy ENV1Policy SP1Policy SP6Policy HOU15Policy TRA3(a)
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 193

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