®Planning appeal decision
Land at Sparepenny lane South , Great Sampford , Essex, CB1 2RJ
outline planning permission for the erection of 18 dwellings, erection of a community building, provision of allotment gardens, surface water drainage pond, and associated means of vehicular and pedestrian access, with all matters reserved for subsequent approval except for means of access and layout
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Thompson P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is consistent with policies of the development plan relating to housing in rural areas, with particular regard to the protection of the countryside
- whether the proposal would be accessible to services and facilities
What decided it
The combined moderate harm to the rural countryside setting and considerable harm from poor accessibility to services and facilities outweighed the scheme's benefits under the tilted balance.
The adverse impacts of the proposal (moderate weight harm to countryside character and considerable weight harm to accessibility) were found to be of greater significance than the scheme's benefits (none exceeding moderate weight), so the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole, and the proposal was found not to accord with the development plan.
Framework references: 130, 174, 104, 105, 197, 199, 200
Plan policies cited: Policy S7, Policy GEN1, Policy H3, Policy H1
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL, 1982, P37]
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.