®Planning appeal decision
Sabre House, Dunmow Road, Stebbing, Essex, CM6 3LF
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 69, 79, 119, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy S7 of the Uttlesford Local Plan 2005, Policy STEB9 of the Stebbing Neighbourhood Development Plan 2019-2033
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.