Planning appeal decision
Tea Beside the Sea, 18 High Street, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9AH
Planning appeal 3248829 at Tea Beside the Sea, 18 High Street, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9AH (Southend-on-Sea City Council) was allowed on 25 June 2021 by Inspector Kemmann-Lane T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the appeal building on the living conditions of the residential occupiers at Nos. 20A and 20B High Street.
to erect a timber shed to rear
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Kemmann-Lane T
- Postcode
- SS3 9AH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the appeal building on the living conditions of the residential occupiers at Nos. 20A and 20B High Street
What decided it
The effect of the shed on sunlight, daylight and obtrusiveness to neighbouring residential occupiers was small and did not justify the council's refusal of permission.
The reasonable expectation of the business at No. 18 to use its land to best advantage was weighed against the degree of harm to the occupiers of Nos. 20A and 20B, with the former outweighing the latter.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Supplementary Planning Document 1 'Design and Townscape Guide 2009'
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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