®Planning appeal decision
13-15a Alderton Hill, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3JD
Demolition of existing buildings at nos. 13, 15 and 15a, Alderton Hill, and the erection of linked blocks of elderly persons’ apartments, with integrated care facilities (Use Class C2) with supporting amenity facilities, landscaping, car and cycle parking and all associated ancillary works and structures
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Burnham T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with regard to the bulk, massing and height of the proposal
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of future occupiers
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of existing occupiers at No. 17 with regard to privacy
- Whether the scheme should be subject to a review mechanism in order to secure affordable housing were the viability of the scheme to change before completion
What decided it
The combined and substantial harms to character and appearance and to the living conditions of future and existing occupiers outweighed the significant benefits of the scheme.
The harms identified when considered together would be substantial and would outweigh the significant benefits of the scheme
Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy DM9, Policy H2
Judgments cited: Dunster Properties Ltd v First Secretary of State [2007] EWCA Civ 236 2 P & C.R.26; The Queen on the application of Cherkley Campaign Limited v Mole Valley District Council & Longshot Cherkley Court Limited [2014] EWCA Civ 567
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.