Little Barrows Worlds End Lane, Feering, COLCHESTER, CO5 9NJ

the erection of a single self/custom-build dwelling

Authority: Braintree District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Burston J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and amount of development

What decided it

The proposal would represent an incongruous and ad hoc form of development at odds with the prevailing linear pattern of development along World End Lane, causing harm to landscape character and appearance that significantly and demonstrably outweighs the limited benefits of a single self-build dwelling.

The adverse impacts on the housing strategy and the character and appearance of the countryside significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited social and economic benefits of one additional dwelling, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy LPP1, Policy LPP35, Policy LPP52, Feering Neighbourhood Plan Policy 2, Feering Neighbourhood Plan Policy 3

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