®Planning appeal decision
33 Riviera Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2QY
a new-build detached dwelling house
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether it would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers of the house, having regard to external amenity space and privacy
- its effect on Essex coastline designated as European sites
- the Council's housing land supply and delivery position
What decided it
The European sites exception to the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies because the proposal would harm the integrity of Essex coastline designated as European sites without suitable mitigation, providing a clear reason for refusal that outweighs the housing delivery benefits.
The modest social and economic benefits of delivering one dwelling on a windfall site in an accessible urban area, each given moderate weight, do not outweigh the individually important and cumulatively compelling adverse impacts of significant harm to character and appearance, unsatisfactory living conditions for future occupiers, and harm to European sites, which together have substantial weight against the proposal.
Framework references: 11, 12, 74, 75, 223
Plan policies cited: Policy KP2, Policy CP4, Policy DM1, Policy DM3, Policy DM6, Policy DM8
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.