®Planning appeal decision
The Chequers, Cambridge Road, Ugley, CM22 6HZ
Planning appeal 3331041 at The Chequers, Cambridge Road, Ugley, CM22 6HZ (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 7 November 2024 by Inspector Harrison F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to the proposal's effect on the character and appearance of the countryside and encouraging movement by means other than the private car.
the erection of 9 no. dwellings, renovation of public house and renovation and extension of existing dwelling
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Harrison F
- Postcode
- CM22 6HZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to the proposal's effect on the character and appearance of the countryside and encouraging movement by means other than the private car
- The effect of the proposal on the setting and significance of a Grade II listed building
What decided it
The significant environmental and social benefit of enabling the future conservation of the listed building and putting it to a viable use, combined with the housing delivery benefits in the context of a shortfall in five-year housing land supply, outweighed the less than substantial harm to the listed building's setting and the limited localised harm to countryside character.
The benefits of housing delivery (moderate weight), enabling the conservation of the listed building (significant weight), and economic and social benefits (limited weight) outweighed the less than substantial harm to the listed building's setting (considerable importance and weight) and the limited localised harm to countryside character (limited weight), such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- saved Policy S7 of the Uttlesford Local Plan (2005)saved ULP Policy GEN1saved Policy ENV2 of the ULP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 115
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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