®Planning appeal decision
Land to the south of The Causeway, Ridgewell, Essex, CO9 4RT
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
Framework references: 11, 109, 116, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy SP3, Policy LPP1, Policy SP7, Policy LPP42, Policy LPP52, Policy SP6, Policy LPP47, Policy SP1, Policy DM1, Policy DM9
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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