®Planning appeal decision
Former Ford Motor Company, Arisdale Avenue, South Ockendon, RM15 5JT
Planning appeal 3273652 at Former Ford Motor Company, Arisdale Avenue, South Ockendon, RM15 5JT (Thurrock Borough Council) was allowed on 13 October 2021 by Inspector Aston R, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide an acceptable quality of development, with particular regard to density and character, housing mix and type and the living conditions of existing and future occupiers in terms of access to sufficient size and quality of open space.
The erection of 94 units, comprising 88 No. 1 and 2 bed apartments, 4 No. 3 bed dwellings and 2 No. 2 bed dwellings along with associated infrastructure, works and landscaping. (Partial re-plan of phase 4 of approval 18/00308/REM Dated 12th June 2018)
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Aston R
- Postcode
- RM15 5JT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide an acceptable quality of development, with particular regard to density and character, housing mix and type and the living conditions of existing and future occupiers in terms of access to sufficient size and quality of open space.
- Whether the proposed car parking provision would be acceptable.
- Whether the proposed affordable housing provision would be acceptable.
- If harm and conflict with the development plan is identified whether this would be outweighed by other material considerations.
What decided it
The proposal's accordance with the development plan as a whole, reinforced by the Council's substantial 5-year housing land supply shortfall which gave significant support to the scheme.
the proposal accorded with the development plan taken as a whole, and the substantial support from boosting housing supply (including affordable units) on previously developed land meant there were no material considerations indicating a decision other than in accordance with the plan
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CSTP1Policy CSTP20Policy PMD2Policy PMD5Policy PMD8Policy CSTP2
- Judgments
- R (Hillside Parks Ltd) v Snowdonia 2020 EWCA Civ 1440
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Thurrock
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2021
- Dismissed29 September 20266009919Land Rear of Ewen House, High Road, Fobbing, SS17 9JH
- Dismissed23 September 2026601022370 London Road,, Thurrock, Grays, RM17 5YB
- Allowed28 August 202660088789 Lyndhurst Road, Corringham, SS17 7SJ
- Allowed27 July 20266010667Willow Cottage, Windsor Avenue, Grays, RM16 2UB
- Dismissed24 July 20266007409Land To Rear Of 36 To 54 Grovelands Way, Grays, RM17 5YG
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.