09/11/2018

Appeal: Brokenshire overrules inspector to refuse 225 homes on Hoo Peninsula

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The housing secretary has refused permission for a major housing scheme in Kent against the advice of his inspector, citing the scheme’s failure to ‘offer a genuine choice of transport modes’.

LOCATIONCliffe WoodsAUTHORITYMedway CouncilINSPECTORMatthew NunnPROCEDURERecovered appealDECISIONDismissedREFERENCEAPP/A2280/W/17/3175461The appeal concerned three undeveloped fields used for agriculture, west of Cliffe Woods, a village on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent. The site has no specific landscape designations, but is close to a number of European protected sites, including the Thames........

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