®Planning appeal decision
97 Chapel Street, BILLERICAY, CM12 9LR
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
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
Framework references: 199, 200, 202, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy BAS BE12(i) of the Basildon District Local Plan Saved Policies 2007
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.