®Planning appeal decision
97 Chapel Street, Billericay, CM12 9LR
Planning appeal 3299400 at 97 Chapel Street, Billericay, CM12 9LR (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 6 February 2023 by Inspector Gilbert-Wooldridge T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of Billericay Conservation Area.
the demolition of existing redundant property and provision of 5 No domestic dwellings
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Gilbert-Wooldridge T
- Postcode
- CM12 9LR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of Billericay Conservation Area
- the effect of the proposed development on protected European habitat sites
What decided it
The harm to the significance of the conservation area from the bulk, scale and layout of the replacement buildings, combined with the loss of a building of townscape value, could not be justified by the moderate public benefits of housing delivery and economic gain.
the moderate public benefits of housing delivery and economic gain were insufficient to outweigh the less than substantial but significant harm to the conservation area
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BAS BE12(i) of the Basildon District Local Plan Saved Policies 2007
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 11
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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