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Wyndhams Croft, Whiteditch Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3UD
Planning appeal 3281255 at Wyndhams Croft, Whiteditch Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3UD (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 18 August 2022 by Inspector Beeby C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the scheme, having regard to the planned distribution of development across the area and the proposal's effect on the character and appearance of the area.
the demolition of the existing outbuildings and erection of 2 no. dwellings and alterations to existing access and new car parking and turning area for the existing dwelling
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Beeby C
- Postcode
- CB11 3UD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the scheme, having regard to the planned distribution of development across the area and the proposal's effect on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the appeal proposal on highway safety
What decided it
The conflict with the neighbourhood plan policies on location and character, combined with the application of paragraph 14 of the Framework, which rendered the adverse impacts of allowing development conflicting with the neighbourhood plan likely to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
The modest benefits of providing two homes and small economic benefits during construction were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harmful effect on character and appearance and the undermining of the Council's plan-led approach to housing delivery and the neighbourhood planning process.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S7 of the Uttlesford Local Plan (2005)Policy NQRHA1 of the Newport Quendon & Rickling Neighbourhood Plan (2021)Policy NQRHA2 of the Newport Quendon & Rickling Neighbourhood Plan (2021)Policy NQRHA3 of the Newport Quendon & Rickling Neighbourhood Plan (2021)Policy NQRHD2 of the Newport Quendon & Rickling Neighbourhood Plan (2021)Policy GEN1 of the Uttlesford Local Plan (2005)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 111
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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