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Allowed22 July 20223250328

Land South of Brick End, Broxted, CM6 2BJ

Planning appeal 3250328 at Land South of Brick End, Broxted, CM6 2BJ (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 22 July 2022 by Inspector Chamberlain G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location, with reference to policies concerned with development in the countryside.

‘The change of use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes together with hardstanding and dayroom ancillary to that use and the erection of stables’

Authority
Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Chamberlain G
Postcode
CM6 2BJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location, with reference to policies concerned with development in the countryside
  • The accessibility of services and facilities

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate an adequate five-year supply of Gypsy and Traveller pitches, amounting to a 'policy failure', which gave significant weight to the delivery of the two pitches and outweighed the identified countryside and accessibility harms.

The significant weight given to delivering two Gypsy and Traveller pitches to meet an unmet need (a 'policy failure'), together with moderate weight from broader PPTS sustainability benefits, outweighed the moderate/middling weight attached to conflicts with countryside protection Policies S7 and S8 and accessibility Policy GEN1.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ENV14Policy ENV10Policy S7Policy S8Policy GEN1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 14Paragraph 8Paragraph 9Paragraph 11Paragraph 62

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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