Planning appeal decision
Vicarage Field, Church Road, Brightlingsea, Essex, CO7 0QU
Planning appeal 3321310 at Vicarage Field, Church Road, Brightlingsea, Essex, CO7 0QU (Tendring District Council) was dismissed on 18 June 2024 by Inspector Woodwards O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the appeal site is an appropriate location for development of this type, having regard to local and national planning policy and guidance.
two new self-build/custom build dwellings
- Authority
- Tendring District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Woodwards O
- Postcode
- CO7 0QU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the appeal site is an appropriate location for development of this type, having regard to local and national planning policy and guidance
- the effect of the proposed works on the special architectural or historic interest of the Grade II listed building, 'Greythorpe', in terms of how the building is experienced in its setting
What decided it
The proposal is unacceptable in principle due to location within the Coastal Protection Belt where Policy PPL2 requires a compelling functional or operational requirement that residential dwellings do not possess.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PPL2Policy LP7Policy SP7Policy PPL9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 203Paragraph 205
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.
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