Planning appeal decision
Land Behind The Old Cement Works, Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, MK42 9BA
Planning appeal 3264407 at Land Behind The Old Cement Works, Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, MK42 9BA (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 12 July 2021 by Inspector Wilkinson S, by written representations.
Erection of 35 dwelling houses
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson S
What decided it
The Council rejected a viability study that complied with policy and was endorsed by its own officers and consultants, without providing counter-evidence or sound reasons for doing so, thereby behaving unreasonably.
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