Planning appeal decision
The Old Bank, 63 High Street, Kelvedon, Colchester, CO5 9AE
Planning appeal 3327920 at The Old Bank, 63 High Street, Kelvedon, Colchester, CO5 9AE (Braintree District Council) was allowed on 5 July 2024 by Inspector Grierson E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The impact of the proposed development on the provision of commercial floorspace within the Local Centre of Kelvedon.
the change of use to a single dwelling house
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Grierson E
- Postcode
- CO5 9AE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The impact of the proposed development on the provision of commercial floorspace within the Local Centre of Kelvedon
What decided it
The evidence provided demonstrated that there is no longer a need for commercial floorspace in Kelvedon due to lack of demand and site limitations, satisfying Policy BR5's second stipulation and allowing the change of use to residential.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BR5 of the Kelvedon Neighbourhood Plan 2022Policy LPP9 of the Braintree District Local Plan 2013-2033
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 54
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Braintree District Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Dismissed28 October 20266008511Rose Cottage Church Road, Terling, CM3 2PH
- Dismissed20 October 2026600854161 Aparthotel At Kings Road, Halstead, CO9 1HA
- Dismissed12 October 20266014774Land South of Pen-Lan, Bures, CO8 5DL
- Dismissed12 October 202660127499 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2NU
- Dismissed9 October 20266006918Wards Farm, Gladfen Hall Road, Greenstead Green, CO9 1RN
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®