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Dismissed7 October 20223280176

The Warren Golf Club, The Warren, Woodham Walter, Essex , CM9 6RW

Planning appeal 3280176 at The Warren Golf Club, The Warren, Woodham Walter, Essex , CM9 6RW (Maldon District Council) was dismissed on 7 October 2022 by Inspector Price J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effects of the holiday lodge proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including those of the 20 units east of ‘Wayside’ on its setting and significance as a non-designated heritage asset.

additional tourism and interrelated leisure development, comprising 70 holiday lodges with associated change of use of the land within two areas of the site, alterations to existing Bunsay clubhouse, extension to Bunsay car park and new golf academy

Authority
Maldon District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Price J
Postcode
CM9 6RW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effects of the holiday lodge proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including those of the 20 units east of ‘Wayside’ on its setting and significance as a non-designated heritage asset
  • whether there is an identified need for the 70 holiday lodges to support the proposal in an overall planning balance

What decided it

The significant harm to the landscape character and appearance of the rural area from 70 holiday lodges outweighed the identified need and economic benefits of the scheme.

The significant environmental harm to landscape character and visual amenity outweighed the economic and social benefits arising from meeting an identified tourism need, so the appeal was dismissed in accordance with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S1Policy S8Policy E5Policy D1Policy D2Policy D3Policy T2Policy E1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 174Paragraph 203

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