®Planning appeal decision
Land at Top Road, Tolleshunt Knights , CM9 8EU
outline planning application for up to 97 dwellings, public open space, together with landscaping and associated infrastructure. All matters are reserved for subsequent approval except for access
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Price J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be appropriate with regard to access to regularly required services
- whether the proposal would be appropriate with regard to its effects on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The significant and demonstrable conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and the resulting harm to countryside character and appearance outweighed the housing and affordable housing benefits.
the significant benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing and economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of conflict with the development plan and harm to character and appearance, when assessed against the Framework as a whole
Framework references: 105, 79, 174, 11, 74
Plan policies cited: Policy T1, Policy T2, Policy S1, Policy S2, Policy S7, Policy S8, Policy D2, Policy D1, Policy H4, Policy H1
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.