land adj to 13 Fingringhoe Rd, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8EA

Authority: Colchester Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Whelan P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the retention of the back boundary hedge is necessary to maintain the privacy of surrounding occupiers, and if it is, and in the event of its removal, whether alternative conditions could secure measures with similar effect
Whether the condition requiring bicycle storage details is necessary to promote the use of sustainable means of transport
Whether the condition requiring the bus stop and shelter to be shifted is necessary for highway safety
Whether the condition requiring an additional bus stop is necessary and whether it is fairly and reasonably related to the development in scale and kind

What decided it

Condition 19 requiring an additional bus stop was omitted as unnecessary and disproportionate, while conditions 10, 15 and 18 were retained with amended wording to meet the tests for conditions.

Framework references: 56

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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