®Planning appeal decision
Land at Brook Meadows, Tiptree, CO5 0TU
Planning appeal 3301862 at Land at Brook Meadows, Tiptree, CO5 0TU (Colchester Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 December 2022 by Inspector Wildsmith D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The extent to which the proposed development would be consistent with the development plan for the area, and whether an issue of prematurity exists with the emerging TNP.
the erection of up to 221 dwellings and associated infrastructure and works
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wildsmith D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The extent to which the proposed development would be consistent with the development plan for the area, and whether an issue of prematurity exists with the emerging TNP
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the appeal site and the surrounding area, in landscape and visual terms
- The effect on matters of biodiversity, ecology and the natural environment
- Whether the Council can demonstrate a 5-year supply of deliverable housing land
- Whether the submitted planning obligations would satisfactorily address the impact of the proposed development
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with the Council's adopted spatial strategy for the planned distribution of housing growth in Tiptree, given a demonstrable 5-year housing land supply meant development plan policies carried full weight.
The benefits of the scheme (market and affordable housing, economic benefits, ecological and access improvements) did not outweigh the substantial harm from conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy, moderately added to by landscape and visual harm to the appeal site and PRoW users.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CLP1 Policy SP1CLP1 Policy SP3CLP1 Policy SP7CLP1 Policy SP8CLP2 Policy SG1CLP2 Policy SG2CLP2 Policy SS14CLP2 Policy ENV1CLP2 Policy OV2TNP Policy TIP01TNP Policy TIP11TNP Policy TIP13TNP Policy TIP15TNP Policy TIP16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 11Paragraph 12Paragraph 15Paragraph 29Paragraph 38Paragraph 50Paragraph 57Paragraph 74Paragraph 101Paragraph 102Paragraph 174Paragraph 175Paragraph 179Paragraph 180Paragraph 182
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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