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Allowed8 December 20233314642

Land Adjacent Cliphedge Farm, Harwich Road , Little Bentley CO7 8SZ, Little Bentley, CO7 8SZ

Planning appeal 3314642 at Land Adjacent Cliphedge Farm, Harwich Road , Little Bentley CO7 8SZ, Little Bentley, CO7 8SZ (Tendring District Council) was allowed on 8 December 2023 by Inspector Simpson L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development, with particular regard to the Council's strategy for the location of employment development.

construction of buildings to serve a class E use (including offices; financial professional, and medical services) plus ancillary site works (car parking, landscaping, new vehicular access points off Harwich Road and stopping up of existing access)

Authority
Tendring District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Major offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector
Simpson L
Postcode
CO7 8SZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development, with particular regard to the Council's strategy for the location of employment development.
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
  • The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of the dwelling known as 'Cliphedge Farm'.

What decided it

The absence of any identified harm on the three main issues, combined with the significant economic benefits of the proposal, led to a finding of overall compliance with the development plan.

the significant economic benefits of the proposal, together with the absence of harm to character and appearance, living conditions, or highway safety, meant the proposal accorded with the development plan taken as a whole and was allowed

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SPL2Policy SPL1Policy PP7Policy PP4Policy PPL3Policy SPL3Policy SP7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 84Paragraph 87Paragraph 90Paragraph 111Paragraph 130

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