Webbenditch Cottage, Cold Harbour Lane, Bobbing, Kent, ME9 8NN

Planning appeal 3368690 at Webbenditch Cottage, Cold Harbour Lane, Bobbing, Kent, ME9 8NN (Swale Borough Council) was allowed on 13 January 2026 by Inspector Miles H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for housing with particular regard to its accessibility by sustainable transport modes.

erection of a self-build 2 bed dwelling with associated parking and landscaping

Authority: Swale Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Miles H
Postcode: ME9 8NN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is a suitable location for housing with particular regard to its accessibility by sustainable transport modes
The effect of the proposed development on the Medway Estuary and Marshes Special Protection Area (SPA)

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d), and the modest harm from the unsustainable location did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the important benefits of delivering self-build housing and contributing to the housing shortfall.

The modest adverse impacts of the development in terms of unsustainable location did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh its important benefits of providing a self-build dwelling and contributing to housing supply shortfalls, when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole under the tilted balance

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: ST1ST3CP2DM14DM28
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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