The Fat Goose, Heath Road, Tendring, Essex, CO16 0BX

Planning appeal 3276761 at The Fat Goose, Heath Road, Tendring, Essex, CO16 0BX (Tendring District Council) was allowed on 11 January 2022 by Inspector Price J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is acceptable with regard to the spatial strategy for new housing provided in adopted and emerging development plan policy.

the erection of two detached four-bed properties with associated parking and amenity area

Authority: Tendring District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Price J
Postcode: CO16 0BX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal is acceptable with regard to the spatial strategy for new housing provided in adopted and emerging development plan policy
Whether the proposal is acceptable with regard to the character and appearance of the area
Whether the proposal is acceptable with regard to the current consent on this site for a micropub

What decided it

The proposal constitutes obvious infill within an existing residential cluster where the small benefits of two houses outweigh the negligible policy conflict and limited harm from loss of the micropub option.

The small social and economic benefits of two additional dwellings outweigh the negligible harm from policy conflict regarding development outside the settlement development boundary and the limited harm from the loss of the option to provide a replacement micropub

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP3Policy SPL1Policy SPL2Policy SP7Policy SPL3Policy LP4Policy SP5Policy ER3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 48Paragraph 56Paragraph 57

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