®Planning appeal decision
7 Station Avenue, Wickford, Essex, SS11 7AS
mixed use development consisting 6 No. flats and a commercial unit of flexible use (A1, A2, A3, B1, D1 or D2) or new class 'E
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Parsons J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the living conditions of the occupiers of the flats, having regard to the provision of outside amenity space and pedestrian access routes
What decided it
The significant harm to character and appearance combined with unacceptable amenity space provision meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing supply, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
The boost to housing supply in a sustainable location was outweighed by significant harm to character and appearance conflicting with local plan policy and harm to living conditions through inadequate amenity space conflicting with Framework policy, resulting in conflict with the development plan taken as a whole and no presumption in favour of sustainable development.
Framework references: 11, 60, 119, 126, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy BAS BE12, Policy DES4
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.