®Planning appeal decision
Cross Farm , Station Road, Thorington, CO7 8JA
Planning appeal 3274309 at Cross Farm , Station Road, Thorington, CO7 8JA (Tendring District Council) was dismissed on 28 June 2022 by Inspector Simpson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development with regard to the Council's strategy for the location of new residential development and in particular, the access to services and facilities and the effect of the development on the character of the countryside.
described on the application form as ‘Outline planning application (all matters reserved) for the erection of six new dwellings’
- Authority
- Tendring District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Simpson L
- Postcode
- CO7 8JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development with regard to the Council's strategy for the location of new residential development and in particular, the access to services and facilities and the effect of the development on the character of the countryside
- The effect of the proposed development on the Colne Estuary Ramsar Site and Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
- Whether a planning obligation is necessary to secure provision of open space
What decided it
The site's location significantly divorced from the settlement boundary and services, combined with the significant harmful visual impact on countryside character, conflicts with the development plan strategy and cannot be overcome by the modest housing benefits.
the modest benefits of providing six dwellings and some social and economic benefits were outweighed by the conflict with the development plan taken as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SP3SPL1SPL2PPL4HP5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130Paragraph 174aParagraph 57Paragraph 11DParagraph 80
- Judgments
- Wood v SoS CLG and another [2014] EWHC 683
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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