®Planning appeal decision
Land West of Holiday Inn Hotel and North of Eastwoodbury Crescent, Southend Airport, Southend on Sea, SS2 6GH
a “132 bedroom hotel, with associated access, parking, landscaping and servicing
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Major retail and services
- Inspector
- Wyatt G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on parking and highway safety
What decided it
The availability of sufficient parking capacity within existing airport facilities and the newly approved Harp House Roundabout car park to accommodate staff displaced by the loss of 60 spaces, combined with the site's excellent public transport accessibility and the absence of substantive evidence that the local road network could not accommodate additional traffic.
The benefits of the hotel development at an airport location with excellent public transport connectivity outweighed the loss of 60 staff parking spaces, given the availability of alternative parking capacity and sustainable transport options.
Framework references: 55, 113
Plan policies cited: Policy KP2, Policy CP3, Policy DM3, Policy DM15, Policy T1, Policy DM30, Policy DM31
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.