LAND WEST OF 64 LONDON ROAD, FARNINGHAM, KENT, DA4 0JP

erection of 1no. dwelling and associated works

Authority: Sevenoaks District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Heppell J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on on-street parking and the highways network

What decided it

The risk of indiscriminate on-street parking resulting in unacceptable impacts on highway safety at the junction of London Road and the A20, which significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing benefit.

The adverse impacts of granting permission, particularly the unacceptable impact on highway safety from indiscriminate parking, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of delivering a single dwelling and contributing modestly to housing land supply, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

Framework references: 11, 116

Plan policies cited: EN1, T2

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