Land to the West, of High Lane, Stansted, Essex, CM24 8LQ

redevelopment of site to provide 35 no. dwellings with associated garages, drainage infrastructure, landscaping and parking including the creation of new vehicular access from High Lane and additional footpath access points from Cambridge Road and High Lane, without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref UTT/18/1993/FUL, dated 30 May 2019

Authority: Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Bartlett R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of varying or removing the condition in dispute on the pedestrian accessibility of the site and on the overall design of the development

What decided it

The condition in dispute is not enforceable as currently worded, and the two additional pedestrian links are not necessary to make the development compliant with development plan policies or the Framework because adequate pedestrian access already exists and the omitted links would not materially improve accessibility given the site's topography.

Framework references: 56

Plan policies cited: Policy GEN1, Policy GEN2

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