®Planning appeal decision
The Garden House, Hollow Road, Kelvedon, CO5 9DG
erection of two new dwellings including the provision of parking spaces and amenity space
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wallace J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is a suitable location for housing, with particular regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to services, facilities and sustainable transport options
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The adverse impacts of the development—significant harm to character and appearance and conflict with the spatial strategy requiring development within or adjacent to settlements with accessible sustainable transport—significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of two dwellings, even with the tilted balance engaged due to the lack of five-year housing land supply.
The adverse impacts of significant harm to character and appearance and moderate conflict with the spatial strategy significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of two dwellings and associated economic benefits, such that the proposal did not benefit from the presumption in favour of sustainable development.
Framework references: 11, 14, 79, 104
Plan policies cited: SSP Policy SP 3, BLP Policy LPP 1, BLP Policy LPP 42, KNP Policy DE 2, KNP Policy HO 1, KNP Policy HO 4, KNP Policy DE 1, KNP Policy DE 3, KNP Policy MA 4, KNP Policy BR 3
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.