®Planning appeal decision
Land to the north of London Road, Kelvedon, Braintree, Essex, CO5 9AU
for a mixed-use neighbourhood development comprising up to 300 dwellings, health centre, local retail area, care home, an early years and childcare facility, open space and landscape buffers, and supporting infrastructure that includes sustainable drainage and two accesses from London Road
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Bore J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- current housing land supply and its implications for the application of planning policy
- whether the appeal scheme is appropriate for Kelvedon in respect of its location, built form and community facilities, and the extent of the public benefits that would arise from the scheme
- the effect of the scheme on the countryside, landscape and ecology
- the effect of the scheme on the significance of nearby listed buildings, having regard to their settings, and on the significance of other heritage assets
What decided it
The district's shortfall in housing land supply rendered the restrictive development plan policies out-of-date and engaged the tilted balance, under which the substantial public benefits of the scheme were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited harms identified.
Slight harm to the countryside and landscape, and less than substantial harm to the significance of several listed buildings, were outweighed by the substantial public benefits of housing, affordable housing and community facilities, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 14, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy SP4, Policy LPP1, Policy NE5, Policy SP3, Policy SP6, Policy HO1, Policy LPP31, Policy LPP61, Policy LPP52, Policy LPP50, Policy LPP9, Policy LPP42, Policy LPP67, Policy LPP66, Policy LPP63, Policy LPP64, Policy SP2, Policy LPP47, Policy LPP57, Policy LPP59, Policy LPP77, Policy LPP74, Policy LPP75, Policy LPP76, Policy LPP78
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.