®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to 35 Clarence Place, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1LB
Planning appeal 3368863 at Land Adjacent to 35 Clarence Place, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1LB (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 October 2025 by Inspector Dring G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Windmill Hill Conservation Area (CA), a designated heritage asset.
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
- Postcode
- DA12 1LB
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS19Policy CS20Policy TC3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 215Paragraph 11
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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