®Planning appeal decision
33 Riviera Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2QY
Planning appeal 3312543 at 33 Riviera Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2QY (Southend-on-Sea City Council) was dismissed on 21 November 2023 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
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
- Postcode
- SS1 2QY
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy KP2Policy CP4Policy DM1Policy DM3Policy DM6Policy DM8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 12Paragraph 74Paragraph 75Paragraph 223
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
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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.