®Planning appeal decision
Sabre House, Dunmow Road, Stebbing, Essex, CM6 3LF
Planning appeal 3282617 at Sabre House, Dunmow Road, Stebbing, Essex, CM6 3LF (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 13 October 2022 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is in a suitable location for housing with particular regard to accessibility to services and facilities.
demolish all buildings and remove commercial uses (car sales and airport parking etc) and construct residential development of up to 9 dwellings
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Shearing C
- Postcode
- CM6 3LF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is in a suitable location for housing with particular regard to accessibility to services and facilities
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the substantial housing delivery benefit of 9 dwellings on previously developed land, outweighed the harm from poor accessibility to services and facilities.
The substantial harm from poor accessibility and reliance on private cars was outweighed by the substantial benefits of delivering 9 dwellings on previously developed land in the context of a significant housing shortfall of 3.52 years, environmental benefits from removal of commercial uses, and the precedent of a 2017 permission, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S7 of the Uttlesford Local Plan 2005Policy STEB9 of the Stebbing Neighbourhood Development Plan 2019-2033
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 69Paragraph 79Paragraph 119Paragraph 174
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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