Cock & Magpie Public House, Epping Green, Epping, CM16 6PU

Planning appeal 3267612 at Cock & Magpie Public House, Epping Green, Epping, CM16 6PU (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 19 August 2021 by Inspector Chalk M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would result in the unacceptable loss of an employment use and community facility.

Application for Outline Planning Permission for the demolition of an obsolete former Public House, change of use of land and re- development to provide x 8 no. new dwelling houses, including ancillary works

Authority: Epping Forest District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Chalk M
Postcode: CM16 6PU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would result in the unacceptable loss of an employment use and community facility
Whether the scale of the appeal proposal would constitute overdevelopment of the appeal site

What decided it

The unacceptable loss of the public house as a community facility and source of employment, which attracted significant weight and outweighed the moderate benefits of new housing and economic activity.

The benefits of eight new houses, economic benefits and reuse of previously developed land (moderate weight) were outweighed by the significant harm from loss of the public house as a community facility and employment use in a rural area with limited access to services.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CF12Policy D 4Policy E 1Policies DBE1DBE5DBE6DBE8SP 3T 1DM 5DM 9DM 10Policy CP7

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