®Planning appeal decision
Forresters Lamberts Lane, Earls Colne, COLCHESTER, CO6 2LE
the “re-use of agricultural buildings to create 2 no. dwellings and garage/studio, along with the demolition of former piggery building
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Catchpole R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on rural character and biodiversity
- whether it would be in a sustainable location
What decided it
The significant harm to rural character and the unsustainable location of the development, which would undermine the plan-led system and settlement hierarchy, outweighed the moderate benefit of reusing previously developed land and the negligible contribution to housing supply.
the adverse impacts of harm to rural character, unsustainable location and potential negative impacts to biodiversity significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefit of reusing previously developed land and the negligible contribution to housing supply
Framework references: 12, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy SG1, Policy SP3, Policy OV2
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.