Land South East Of Kildale, Maidstone Road, Headcorn, TN27 9PT

Authority: Maidstone Borough Council
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: gypsy-gypsy
Postcode: TN27 9PT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development's use of an access on the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and drivers using Maidstone Road (A274)

What decided it

The unacceptable impact on highway safety arising from the intensified use of an access with poor visibility onto the A274, a strategic high-speed road, is overriding given the danger to human life and cannot be outweighed by the unmet need for Gypsy and Traveller sites, personal circumstances, or equality considerations.

The substantial harm to highway safety, which is overriding given the danger to human life, outweighs the benefits of meeting unmet need for Gypsy and Traveller sites, the best interests of the children, personal circumstances, and equality considerations.

Framework references: 13

Plan policies cited: Policy LPRSP15, Policy LPRTRA2, Policy LPRHOUS8, Policy LPRSS1, Policy LPRSP9

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