®Planning appeal decision
Priory House Priory Road, Chappel, COLCHESTER, CO6 2EL
without the benefit of planning permission, the carrying out of engineering operations comprising excavation and the bunding of soil and the raising of land levels. (“the Activity”)
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the scheme on the character and appearance of the area, including its effect on trees
What decided it
The harm to character and appearance caused by the alien feature of the excavation and bunding works, combined with the threat to mature trees, outweighed any justification offered by the appellant.
The Inspector did not undertake a planning balance exercise; the development was found to conflict with the development plan with no material considerations indicating otherwise.
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV1 of the Colchester Core Strategy (2008), Policy DP1 of the Colchester Development Policies (2010), Policy DP21 of the Colchester Development Policies (2010)
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.