Dovercourt Haven Caravan Park, Low Road, Dovercourt, Essex, CO12 3TZ

proposed extension to Dovercourt Holiday Park to provide for the siting of 35 static and lodge-style holiday caravans together with environmental improvements

Authority: Tendring District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Moulton E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would result in the loss of safeguarded open space and its effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area

What decided it

The proposal would result in the loss of safeguarded open space and fail to meet the criteria of Policy HP4, as the proposed replacement nature reserve would itself be within the designated SOS and would reduce its overall size, while the development would materially undermine the amenity value of the SOS by eroding its natural and semi-natural greenspace character.

Framework references: 103, 135, 180, 84, 145

Plan policies cited: Policy HP4, Policy SP7, Policy PPL3, Policy SPL3, Policy PP11, Policy PP8

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