®Planning appeal decision
Land north of Lavenir, Cambridge Road, Ugley, Essex, CM22 6HT
the construction of two self-contained 3-bedroom dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Felgate J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable one for the proposed development, having regard to (i) the relevant development plan policies for the location of housing; and (ii) the site's accessibility to local facilities
- the effects of the development on the area's character and appearance
- the effects on highway safety
- the effects on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers
What decided it
The cumulative adverse impacts of poor design, location outside settlement boundaries, lack of sustainable accessibility, highway safety concerns, and significant overbearing harm to neighbours' living conditions clearly and demonstrably outweighed the benefit of two additional dwellings to the local housing stock.
The benefit of adding two dwellings to the local housing stock, which carried significant weight due to the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing supply, was clearly and demonstrably outweighed by the several adverse impacts relating to location policy, design quality, sustainability, highway safety, and neighbouring amenity.
Framework references: 180, 108, 109, 114, 131, 135, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy S7, Policy GEN2
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.