Planning appeal decision
Land East of No.60 Harwich Road , Lawford, CO11 2LP
Planning appeal 3290966 at Land East of No.60 Harwich Road , Lawford, CO11 2LP (Tendring District Council) was dismissed on 28 October 2022 by Inspector Wyatt G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location of the site is appropriate having regard to the development plan.
the erection of one dwelling
- Authority
- Tendring District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wyatt G
- Postcode
- CO11 2LP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location of the site is appropriate having regard to the development plan
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The location of the site outside the settlement boundary, combined with the harm to rural character and appearance, conflicts with up-to-date development plan policies and cannot be justified by generic housing benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP3Policy SP7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 12Paragraph 15Paragraph 79
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
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Tendring
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Dismissed24 July 20266007425Brook Farm, Thorrington Road, Great Bentley, CO7 8QP
- Dismissed17 March 20266001760Land Adjacent Oakdene, Wenlock Road,, Weeley Heath, CO16 9DX
- Dismissed18 February 20263368792157 Fronks Road , Harwich , Essex, CO12 4JE
- Dismissed19 December 20253373744Pear Trees Pork Lane, Great Holland, Frinton-on-Sea, CO13 0JE
- Allowed10 December 20253365138Land Rear of 210- 212 St. Osyth Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 3HB
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®