®Planning appeal decision
Meadowside Cottages, Woodside Green, Great Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7UH
Planning appeal 3332481 at Meadowside Cottages, Woodside Green, Great Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7UH (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 11 September 2024 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitably located for new housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the effect on the character of the countryside.
erection of two detached dwellings, with new vehicular access to the public highway for the existing dwellings, and associated private garden, car parking, and landscaping
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Shearing C
- Postcode
- CM22 7UH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitably located for new housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the effect on the character of the countryside
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of the neighbouring properties and future occupiers of the development, with particular regard to privacy, outlook and natural lighting
- Effects on highway safety
What decided it
The substantial and long-lasting harms to the character and appearance of the countryside, living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, and highway safety significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of housing delivery in a context of housing land supply shortfall.
The adverse impacts of granting planning permission (harm to countryside character, living conditions and highway safety) significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits (two new dwellings and limited economic benefits), such that the proposal does not benefit from the presumption in favour of sustainable development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S7Policy GEN2Policy GEN1Policy GEN4DM1DM4DM7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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