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Dismissed12 December 20253368475

Land Adjacent St Augustines Cross And North And South Of Cottington Road, Cliffsend, Kent, CT12 5LJ

Planning appeal 3368475 at Land Adjacent St Augustines Cross And North And South Of Cottington Road, Cliffsend, Kent, CT12 5LJ (Thanet District Council) was dismissed on 12 December 2025 by Inspector Webb B, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area including its effects on the significance of a designated heritage asset and the landscape.

erection of up to 200 dwellings (Class C3) with car parking and all ancillary enabling works including associated highway, drainage and landscape works

Authority
Thanet District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Webb B
Postcode
CT12 5LJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue is effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area including its effects on the significance of a designated heritage asset and the landscape.

What decided it

The considerable weight attaching to the 'upper range' of less than substantial harm to the significance of St Augustine's Cross was not outweighed by the public benefits, including housing delivery.

Significant weight given to housing delivery benefits and limited weight given to other benefits (biodiversity net gain, local services, S106 contributions) did not outweigh the considerable importance and weight attached to less than substantial harm (upper range) to the significance of St Augustine's Cross, nor justify the unacceptable harm to landscape character.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP01Policy H01Policy SP24Policy HE03Policy SP36Policy SP26Policy QD02
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 215

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