®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Springwell Place, Walden Road, Little Chesterford, Saffron Walden, CB10 1UE
without planning permission the erection of a building for residential purposes
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Satheesan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at the site
- the effect of the development on highway safety
What decided it
The Inspector found that no essential functional or financial need for a rural worker to live permanently on site had been demonstrated, so the identified harms to countryside character and highway safety were not outweighed.
the adverse effects of harm to countryside character and highway safety significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of animal welfare/security and rural economy support, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
Framework references: 80, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy S7, Policy GEN2, Policy GLCNP/1, Policy H12, Policy GEN1
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.