Planning appeal decision
Bullwood Hall (Former HMP), Bullwood Hall Lane, Hockley, Essex, SS5 4TE
Planning appeal 3287300 at Bullwood Hall (Former HMP), Bullwood Hall Lane, Hockley, Essex, SS5 4TE (Rochford District Council) was allowed on 27 October 2022 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that varying the condition would have on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers.
redevelopment of former prison complex to provide 72 dwellings comprising 14 No. five bedroomed, 13 No. four bedroomed, 18 No. three bedroomed, 9 No. two bedroomed houses, and 9 No. two bedroomed and 9 No. one bedroomed apartments without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 17/00964/FUL, dated 17 December 2017
- Authority
- Rochford District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies N
- Postcode
- SS5 4TE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that varying the condition would have on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers
What decided it
The Council's own officers found the alterations to specified windows acceptable subject to properly worded conditions ensuring privacy safeguards, and the Inspector found no substantive reason to differ from this assessment.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
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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