®Planning appeal decision
Land at The Stables, May Walk, Elsenham Road , Stansted , CM24 8SS
erection of 3 holiday let cottages
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Wallace J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is a suitable location for development with regard to the policies of the development plan for development in the countryside and access
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the countryside
What decided it
The out-of-date status of the development plan policies and the application of paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework, which permitted the grant of permission as the adverse impacts would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
The conflict with out-of-date countryside protection policies was outweighed by the moderate economic benefits of enabling sustainable growth of a rural business, assessed against the Framework as a whole, as the adverse impacts would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy S7, Policy GEN1(e)
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.