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Allowed13 September 20213271280

Ashcroft, Wicken Road, Wicken Bonhunt, Saffron Walden, Essex , CB11 3UL

Planning appeal 3271280 at Ashcroft, Wicken Road, Wicken Bonhunt, Saffron Walden, Essex , CB11 3UL (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 13 September 2021 by Inspector Clarke B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The suitability of the site as a location for a residential development.

the demolition of two existing outbuildings, the erection of one dwelling and the conversion of one out building to form one dwelling

Authority
Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Clarke B
Postcode
CB11 3UL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The suitability of the site as a location for a residential development

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, under which the limited harm from breaching Policies H4 and H6 did not outweigh the moderate benefit of delivering two new dwellings in a context of acute housing shortfall.

The limited harm from loss of rural buildings and failure to demonstrate the garden was underused did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefit of housing delivery in the context of an acute shortfall in housing supply; the tilted balance tipped in favour of the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H4Policy H6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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