®Planning appeal decision
23B Silver Street, Stansted, CM24 8HA
demolition of existing single storey dwelling and erection of 2 no. one bedroom flats over two storeys
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pannell G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Stansted Mountfitchet Conservation Area
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of existing occupiers, with regard to loss of light
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the Stansted Mountfitchet Conservation Area, to which great weight must be attached, outweighs the modest housing benefits and is not overcome by the fallback position of the extant permission for a single dwelling.
The less than substantial harm to the conservation area and the identified harm to living conditions of neighbouring occupiers were weighed against the modest economic and social benefits of providing additional housing; the heritage harm outweighed these benefits and the fallback position did not alter this conclusion.
Framework references: 199, 202, 11
Plan policies cited: GEN2, ENV1
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