Land Off Lime Street, Brightlingsea, COLCHESTER, ESSEX, CO7 0JD

demolition of 6 lock up garages and replacement with a terrace of three x 2 bedroom houses

Authority: Tendring District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Fleming L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area bearing in mind it would be within the settings of the grade I listed Jacobes Hall and the Brightlingsea Conservation Area and within the Coastal Protection Area

What decided it

The combined less-than-substantial harm to the significance of the grade I listed building and conservation area, when weighed against the modest public benefits of three new dwellings and brownfield redevelopment, was insufficient to justify the proposal.

The less-than-substantial harm to the designated heritage assets and the Coastal Protection Belt, when weighed against the modest social, economic and environmental benefits of the scheme, tipped decisively against the proposal.

Framework references: 130, 174, 202

Plan policies cited: Policy EN3, Policy QL6, Policy QL11, Policy HG13, Policy EN1, Policy EN17, Policy EN23, Policy SP3, Policy SP7

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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