Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Unit 8 Falcon Park, Pipps Hill Industiral Estate, Basildon, Essex, SS14 3AL
Planning appeal 3303876 at Land Adjacent Unit 8 Falcon Park, Pipps Hill Industiral Estate, Basildon, Essex, SS14 3AL (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 17 March 2023 by Inspector Sylvester G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
A storage unit
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Sylvester G
- Postcode
- SS14 3AL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The siting and scale of the proposed storage unit would harmfully erode the openness of the Luckyn Lane frontage and disrupt the character and appearance of the area by projecting forward of the existing building line.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BASE10
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130Paragraph 134
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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