Land Adjacent to Oxley Parker Drive, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5XQ

Planning appeal 3277732 at Land Adjacent to Oxley Parker Drive, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5XQ (Colchester Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 July 2022 by Inspector Simpson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the provision of open space within the local area.

Outline application (all matters reserved) for the construction of up to 40 dwellings, public open space and associated infrastructure

Authority: Colchester Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Simpson L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the provision of open space within the local area

What decided it

The proposed development would have a harmful impact on the provision of open space within the local area with no certainty that suitable alternative and improved provision could be provided locally, conflicting with Policy DP15 and the development plan taken as a whole, and the housing benefits were not sufficient to outweigh this conflict given the Council's adequate five-year housing land supply.

The significant social and economic benefits of housing provision and efficient use of land were outweighed by the harmful impact on open space provision and conflict with the development plan, particularly given the Council's ability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DP15Policy DM17
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 84Paragraph 15

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