Land adjacent to 35 Clarence Place, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1LB

erection of a 4 storey building comprising of 4no flats

Authority: Gravesham Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Dring G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Windmill Hill Conservation Area (CA), a designated heritage asset

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the significance of the Windmill Hill Conservation Area, a designated heritage asset, outweighs the limited public benefits of the proposal, and no clear and convincing justification for the harm has been identified.

The great weight given to the conservation of the heritage asset and the less than substantial harm caused to the significance of the conservation area outweighed the limited public benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits.

Framework references: 212, 213, 215, 11

Plan policies cited: Policy CS19, Policy CS20, Policy TC3

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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