Land adjacent to Comarques Farm House, Colchester Road, Thorpe le Soken, Essex, CO16 0LA

5 detached single storey dwellings with garages, access and landscaping

Authority: Tendring District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Kemmann-Lane T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the suitability of the location of the site for residential development
the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the landscape
whether provision should be made for affordable housing

What decided it

The site's location outside the Settlement Development Boundary in the countryside, combined with the development's detrimental effect on the character and appearance of the landscape in an important transition gap, outweighed the social and economic benefits of housing provision.

the environmental consequences and landscape harm that planning policies seek to avoid were found to be overriding, outweighing the public advantages of housing provision and short-term economic benefit during construction

Framework references: 2, 11, 35, 174

Plan policies cited: Policy SPL1, Policy SPL2, Policy SPL3, Policy PPL3

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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