Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed30 January 20263373710

Gate Service Station, London Road, Dunkirk, Kent, ME13 9LN

Planning appeal 3373710 at Gate Service Station, London Road, Dunkirk, Kent, ME13 9LN (Swale Borough Council) was dismissed on 30 January 2026 by Inspector James A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the advertisement on amenity.

7m totem pole sign (advertisement)

Authority
Swale Borough Council
Appeal type
advert · Advertisement Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector
James A
Postcode
ME13 9LN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the advertisement on amenity
  • the effect of the advertisement on public safety

What decided it

The advertisement is harmful to both amenity and public safety: it is visually prominent and discordant with the listed building's historic character, and there is no substantive evidence (safety risk assessment) to demonstrate it would be acceptable in the event of vehicle impact.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM14Policy DM15Policy DM32Policy CP4Policy CP8

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 applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

9 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Swale

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed3 July 20253363570
    Thanet Way, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9EL
  2. Dismissed11 June 20253355660
    Land at Junction of Fox Hill and Blossom Street, Bapchild, Sittingbourne
  3. Allowed8 April 20253358304
    Playtime Amusements, The Promenade, Leysdown-On-Sea, Sheerness, ME12 4QB
  4. Allowed4 July 20243337906
    Land at Wises Lane, Borden, Kent, ME10 1GD
  5. Allowed19 April 20233306661
    Manor Farm, Key Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1YU

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.