Replacement Dwelling Planning Appeal Canterbury City Council

Replacement Five Bedroom Dwelling Planning Appeal Canterbury City Council
This planning appeal was to overcome the refusal for a 5 Bedroom Dwelling that was refused by the local authority Canterbury Planning Department.
Our client was initially booked in for a Free No Obligation Consultation to run through the refusal reasons that had been used by Canterbury Council and to evaluate if an appeal was viable or if an alternative option would be best suited.
The Free No Obligation Consultation which took around 25 minutes found that this case was viable for appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, taking the decision process away from Canterbury Council Planning Department.
This case was refused by Canterbury for the following reasons:
The replacement dwelling, by virtue of its three-storey scale, design, bulk, mass and flat roof form, would fail to have sufficient regard for the context and character of the site, resulting in a poorly designed, incongruous, and insubordinate addition to the street scene.
As always with a planning appeal we look at the refusal reasons and when they are as subjective as these ones we absolutely 100% would urge you look carefully at an appeal as an option.
It would be unfortunate to reduce the size of the proposal and still not get a permission on the revised smaller design and then be out of time to appeal the larger original proposal.
Many of you are repeatedly stating that they had little or no correspondence throughout the application process and the first thing they knew was receiving the refusal notice from the council and in some cases when you received a letter from ourselves.
With planning appeals experience matters Our Specialist Appeals Team who handle over 2.5% of all planning appeals in England and Wales that are currently produced and submitted, start by producing a comprehensive and robust appeal statement, that in this specific case covered 29 pages and just over 6200 words.
It is important to detail in the appeal statement where the local authority failed in their assessment of the case, and how and where possible both local and national policy applies in favour of the appeal, additionally if possible brining in similar cases that the planning inspectorate found in favour of the appeal.
It is vitally important that all the documents and responses are submitted on time throughout the process, as failure to do so will result in the appeal not being successful, something we hear about often when people attempt an appeal for the first time. Always ensure you use a professional who has considerable experience of appeals, it is worth asking them for some recent successful planning appeal case studies like you will find on our website. Due to the large number of cases we represent we have a dedicated team that liaises with the Planning Inspectorate on a daily basis.
For this appeal an independent planning inspector from the Planning Inspectorate visited the site on 7th August. And we are pleased to confirm that the appeal was upheld and the permission granted on the 23rd August in a 4 page appeal decision notice.
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