®Planning appeal decision
Land off Brights Path Rear of 63 High Street, Maldon, CM9 5EP
Planning appeal 3263644 at Land off Brights Path Rear of 63 High Street, Maldon, CM9 5EP (Maldon District Council) was allowed on 23 August 2021 by Inspector Spencer D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with regard to outlook.
Demolition of outbuilding and erection of four x 1 bedroom almshouse type dwellings
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Spencer D
- Postcode
- CM9 5EP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with regard to outlook
- the effect of the proposed access arrangement and proposed car-free occupancy of the scheme on highway safety in this part of Maldon town centre
What decided it
The significant public benefits of providing a specific housing product for elderly persons in a highly sustainable town centre location, combined with the absence of any significant harms, outweighed the technical deviation from parking standards.
the significant public benefits of providing elderly persons housing in a sustainable town centre location outweighed the technical deviation from the Council's adopted parking standards and the marginal acceptability of bedroom outlook
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D1Policy H4Policy T1Policy T2Policy D3Policy S1Policy N1Policy N2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 110Paragraph 111Paragraph 112Paragraph 125Paragraph 130Paragraph 197Paragraph 199
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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