®Planning appeal decision
Crown Lodge Crown Road, Cold Norton, CHELMSFORD, Essex, CM3 6JF
outline planning application with all matters reserved apart from access, for residential development (up to 14 dwellings), vehicle circulation and parking, hard and soft landscaping and associated development
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Philpott M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is an appropriate location for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy including the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area
- whether the proposal would make satisfactory provision for surface water drainage
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area arising from the replacement of the site's open and spacious rural qualities with a dense, suburban-feeling development outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery and affordable housing provision.
the moderate benefits of the development, including housing delivery, affordable housing provision, and safety improvements, did not outweigh the significant harm to the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area and the consequent conflict with the development plan
Framework references: 11, 83, 109, 135, 180, 225
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S2, Policy S8, Policy D1, Policy D5, Policy H4
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.