®Planning appeal decision
Former Mill, Station Road, Maldon, CM9 4LQ
Planning appeal 3309927 at Former Mill, Station Road, Maldon, CM9 4LQ (Maldon District Council) was dismissed on 18 April 2023 by Inspector Reed D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would constitute a desirable regeneration of the area having regard to the effect on employment and housing provision, its position within the Maldon Conservation Area (CA) and the setting of the Grade II listed Fullbridge Mill, Fullbridge House & Bakehouse.
Demolition of former mill, erection of two blocks each accommodating four Class E units, conversion of former Granary into four Class E units and the erection of a block of nine apartments and two retail units
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Reed D
- Postcode
- CM9 4LQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would constitute a desirable regeneration of the area having regard to the effect on employment and housing provision, its position within the Maldon Conservation Area (CA) and the setting of the Grade II listed Fullbridge Mill, Fullbridge House & Bakehouse
- whether the proposal is acceptable in relation to flood risk
- whether the living conditions of future occupiers would be acceptable in relation to the quantity and quality of external amenity space
- the effect of the proposal on the locally listed Granary
- whether the proposal should provide affordable housing
- whether the proposal should provide a financial contribution towards the North Quay Regeneration Strategy
- whether the proposal would provide adequate car and cycle parking
What decided it
The residential element's failure to pass the flood risk sequential test, combined with the unproven case that housing was essential to overcome the policy reserving the site for employment use, determined the outcome.
the benefits of jobs, housing, heritage enhancement and a riverside walkway were significantly outweighed by conflict with the employment protection policy, unacceptable flood risk, and poor living conditions from noise
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S5Policy E1(l)Policy E1Policy S1Policy D5Policy D1Policy D2Policy D3Policy H4Policy H1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 162Paragraph 195Paragraph 57
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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