®Planning appeal decision
2 Pelham Road, Gravesend, DA11 0HW
the construction of a two-storey rear extension, then subdivision of dwelling into 5x flats
- Authority
- Gravesham
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- DA11 0HW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the appeal proposal on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Pelham Road/The Avenue Conservation Area
- the living conditions of future occupiers
- the living conditions of the residential occupiers of 4 Pelham Road with regard to daylight and outlook
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the conservation area, combined with breaches of space standards for future occupiers and harm to neighbouring living conditions, outweighed the housing supply benefits and engaged the heritage asset exception to the presumption in favour of sustainable development.
The less than substantial harm to the conservation area and the harm to living conditions of existing neighbours and future occupiers were weighed against the public benefits of housing delivery and socio-economic benefits; the harm outweighed the benefits, and the exception in paragraph 11(d)(i) of the Framework for designated heritage assets applied.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy Policy CS12, Core Strategy Policy CS19, Core Strategy Policy CS20, saved Policy TC3 of the Gravesham Local Plan First Review (1994)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.