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Dismissed8 January 20243326557

Land to the South of The Causeway, Ridgewell, Essex, CO9 4RT

Planning appeal 3326557 at Land to the South of The Causeway, Ridgewell, Essex, CO9 4RT (Braintree District Council) was dismissed on 8 January 2024 by Inspector Simpson L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development with particular regard to access to services and facilities.

Outline planning permission with all matters reserved apart from access for development of up to 24 dwellings including details of access into and within the site, parking arrangements, garages, open space, landscaping, drainage measures and all other associated works

Authority
Braintree District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Simpson L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development with particular regard to access to services and facilities.
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
  • The effect of the proposed development on highway safety.

What decided it

The substantial harm from the site's poor accessibility to services/facilities combined with substantial harm to the character and appearance of the area significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits under the tilted balance.

the adverse impacts of granting permission (substantial weight to harm from poor locational sustainability and substantial weight to harm to character and appearance) significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits (collectively significant weight, comprising moderate weight to housing delivery and economic benefits, significant weight to 40% affordable housing, and moderate weight to open space/PRoW improvements and biodiversity net gain), so the appeal was dismissed

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP3Policy LPP1Policy SP7Policy LPP42Policy LPP52Policy SP6Policy LPP47Policy SP1Policy DM1Policy DM9
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 109Paragraph 116Paragraph 115
Judgments
Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)

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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