®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent Cliphedge Farm, Harwich Road , Little Bentley CO7 8SZ, Little Bentley, CO7 8SZ
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
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
Framework references: 84, 87, 90, 111, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy SPL2, Policy SPL1, Policy PP7, Policy PP4, Policy PPL3, Policy SPL3, Policy SP7
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.