®Planning appeal decision
Land at Manor Farm, Walden House Road, Great Totham, Essex, CM9 8PN
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.
Framework references: 11, 14, 58, 187
Plan policies cited: Policy GTO1, Policy S8, Policy D1, 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.