20 Park Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1DR

Planning appeal 3370775 at 20 Park Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1DR (Swale Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 November 2025 by Inspector Courtney T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the future occupiers, with particular regard to outlook, light, and privacy.

Conversion of building currently used as offices into three apartments. Demolition and replacement of existing single-storey extension with new rear extension and associated landscaping.

Authority: Swale Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Courtney T
Postcode: ME10 1DR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the future occupiers, with particular regard to outlook, light, and privacy.

What decided it

The significant harm to the quality of accommodation and living conditions for future occupiers, particularly the oppressive outlook and privacy loss, substantially and demonstrably outweighs the moderate benefits of additional housing supply and sustainability.

The significant harm to living conditions attracts substantial weight and substantially and demonstrably outweighs the moderate benefits of housing provision and sustainability, such that the proposal does not benefit from the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CP4Policy DM14
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11footnote 7

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