®Planning appeal decision
Land Side And Rear Of 30-34 Linden Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 4BA
demolition of existing storage buildings and erection of four terraced dwelling houses with bin and bicycle storage, parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Castle Point Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Woolcock J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether car parking could be utilised conveniently and its impact on visual and residential amenity
- the effects of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The car-dominated layout and inconvenient parking arrangement would not create a safe, attractive place and would harm both visual and residential amenity, conflicting with design and safety requirements in the NPPF and local policy.
the benefits of four additional dwellings and housing supply were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of the car-dominated layout on design quality, safety and amenity
Framework references: 112, 134
Plan policies cited: Policy EC2 of the Castle Point Borough Local Plan
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