®Planning appeal decision
The Gate, 74 Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3AG
the conversion of existing restaurant (A3) to provide two dwellings (C3), including part demolition of single storey rear elements, with the erection of three detached dwellings (C3) to the rear of the site, utilising the existing access off Thaxted Road, with associated parking and hard and soft landscaping
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Spencer D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on bats as a protected species
What decided it
The satisfactory demonstration through updated ecological survey work that the proposal would not have an adverse effect on bats as a protected species, combined with the delivery of much-needed new homes in a sustainable location, outweighing the limited social harm from loss of the pub/restaurant use.
Framework references: 174, 180, 119, 120, 124, 126, 130, 55, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy GEN7, Policy GEN2
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