®Planning appeal decision
The Coach House, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, CO6 3PT
change of use of a building used for short term accommodation to a residential dwellinghouse (C3)
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Tudhope S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location of the proposed development is appropriate, having regard to the development strategy for the area and access to services and facilities
What decided it
The reasonable accessibility of the site to services and facilities via public transport and walking, combined with the use of previously developed land and absence of harm to character and vitality, made the location suitable for residential development despite being outside the settlement boundary.
The conflict with development plan policies H1, SD1 and the neighbourhood plan was outweighed by the reasonable accessibility to services and facilities, absence of harm to character and vitality of the countryside, use of previously developed land, and the proposal's accordance with the Framework's aim of boosting housing supply.
Framework references: 105, 79, 57
Plan policies cited: CS Policy H1, CS Policy SD1, CS Policy SD2, DP Policy DP1, DP Policy DP3, DP Policy DP21, NP Policy VSB1, CLP1 Policy SP1, CLP1 Policy SP3, CLP1 Policy SP4, CLP1 Policy SP5, CLP2 Policy ENV1
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.