®Planning appeal decision
Godbolts Farm , Great Tey Road, Marks Tey, Essex, C96 1HZ
an outline planning application including the details of access, layout and scale, for the erection of three dwellings
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, based on the Council's spatial strategy and the provisions of the Framework
- whether the proposal would preserve the setting of nearby listed buildings
What decided it
The proposal would have a harmful effect on the character and appearance of the area by materially intensifying built development and eroding the open land behind existing frontages, and would conflict with the Council's spatial strategy by locating housing outside the settlement boundary, with modest benefits insufficient to outweigh this harm.
Framework references: 83, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy SP7, Policy SP3, Policy OV2, Policy ENV1, Policy DM15, Policy DM16, Policy DM20, Policy DM21, Policy SS11, Policy MT04
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.