®Planning appeal decision
Land to the east of Tey Road , Tey Road , Earls Colne , Essex, CO6 2LJ
outline planning permission for the erection of five detached self-build dwellings with all matters reserved
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Aston R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on Archaeological heritage assets
- The effect of the proposal on protected species
- Whether the site is a suitable site for housing, having regard to the Council's adopted spatial strategy
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the appeal site and surrounding area
- The effect on highway safety
What decided it
The cumulative effect of substantial harm to archaeological heritage, protected species, character and appearance, and highway safety, combined with significant conflict with the spatial strategy, outweighed the benefits of housing delivery in the absence of a 5-year supply.
The adverse impacts of harm to character and appearance, archaeological heritage, protected species and highway safety, together with significant conflict with the spatial strategy, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of five dwellings and limited economic benefits, such that the proposal did not constitute sustainable development under paragraph 11 d) ii of the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 110, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy LPP59, Policy LPP64, Policy SP3, Policy SP7, Policy LPP42, Policy LPP52, Policy LPP67
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.