®Planning appeal decision
Summer Lodge , Stanbrook Road , Thaxted Dunmow, CM6 2NQ
Planning appeal 3281866 at Summer Lodge , Stanbrook Road , Thaxted Dunmow, CM6 2NQ (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 25 February 2022 by Inspector Hartley S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the principle of the proposed development is acceptable with specific regard to its land use and location, and in relation to these matters, its effect upon the character and appearance of the area.
a permission in principle for 1 to 3 residential dwellings
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hartley S
- Postcode
- CM6 2NQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the principle of the proposed development is acceptable with specific regard to its land use and location, and in relation to these matters, its effect upon the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply, which engages the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11d and means that the limited housing benefits of the proposal outweigh the conflict with ULP policy S7.
The benefits of increasing housing supply, albeit limited in amount, outweigh the conflict with ULP policy S7 relating to countryside development, given the lack of a five-year housing supply and the limited weight afforded to the restrictive policies of the neighbourhood plan
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S7 of the Uttlesford Local Plan 2005Policy TXLSC 1 of the Thaxted Neighbourhood PlanPolicy TXLSC 2 of the Thaxted Neighbourhood PlanPolicy TXLSC 4 of the Thaxted Neighbourhood Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 174Paragraph 219
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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