Land at Manor Farm, Walden House Road, Great Totham, Essex, CM9 8PN

Planning appeal 3338556 at Land at Manor Farm, Walden House Road, Great Totham, Essex, CM9 8PN (Maldon District Council) was allowed on 23 July 2025 by Inspector Burnham T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for the proposed development having regard to the Council's settlement strategy.

up to 49 new residential properties with all associated access, servicing, parking, landscaping, open space, drainage, utilities and associated infrastructure

Authority: Maldon District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Burnham T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for the proposed development having regard to the Council's settlement strategy
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply (2.6 years), engaging the tilted balance, meant the substantial housing and affordable housing benefits were not significantly outweighed by the identified policy conflict and moderate landscape/character harm.

The significant benefits of housing delivery and 40% affordable housing, together with moderate weight for open space, outweighed the limited weight given to conflict with the settlement strategy and the moderate harm to character and appearance, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GTO1Policy S8Policy D1Policy H4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 58Paragraph 187

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