Planning appeal decision
Land at Crabbs Farm, Back Lane, Wickham Bishops, CM8 3LU
Planning appeal 3308846 at Land at Crabbs Farm, Back Lane, Wickham Bishops, CM8 3LU (Maldon District Council) was dismissed on 17 August 2023 by Inspector Barnes D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.
the erection of a detached dwelling, garaging, landscaping and associated works
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Barnes D
- Postcode
- CM8 3LU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
What decided it
The proposed development would cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the surrounding area by introducing built form onto open countryside, conflicting with development plan policies and not meeting the exceptional design standards required by the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D8Policy D1Policy WBEn04Policy WBH01
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 80Paragraph 174
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Maldon
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Dismissed29 October 20266011264Rosary, Grange Road, Tillingham, CM0 7UR
- Dismissed16 October 20266009926Agricultural Building At Wraywick Farm, The Marshes, Southminster, CM0 7JN
- Dismissed14 October 20266009639Land Adjacent Howells Farm Cottages, Maypole Road, Great Totham, CM9 4SY
- Allowed16 September 2026601290643 Main Road, St Lawrence, Chelmsford, CM0 7LY
- Allowed18 August 20266005664Land West of Spratts Farm, Queenborough Road, Southminster, CM0 7AD
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®