Court Farm, Padbrook Lane, Elmstone, CT3 1HF

Planning appeal 6006123 at Court Farm, Padbrook Lane, Elmstone, CT3 1HF (Dover District Council) was dismissed on 14 September 2026 by Inspector Victor Callister, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal property is suitable for the development proposed, having regard to local and national policies concerned with the location and sustainability of new development.

Conversion and change of use from light industrial shed to 3 dwellinghouses with associated garden, amenity space and parking

Authority: Dover District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Inspector: Victor Callister
Postcode: CT3 1HF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal property is suitable for the development proposed, having regard to local and national policies concerned with the location and sustainability of new development
the effect on the provision of land for employment purposes

What decided it

The substantial harm from creating isolated residential development in the countryside with loss of employment land outweighed the benefit of delivering 3 new dwellings.

the benefit of 3 new dwellings (substantial weight) did not outweigh the substantial harm from isolated housing in the countryside and loss of employment land (both given substantial weight)

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy PM1Policy SP4Policy E2
Judgments: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]

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