®Planning appeal decision
2 Rayleigh Road, Stanford Le Hope, Essex, SS17 0NE
2 new flats with minor alterations and improvements to existing flat at first floor
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Williams K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of existing and future occupiers with particular regard to private outdoor space
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety with particular regard to the adequacy of parking provision
- the effect of the proposal upon the Thames Estuary and Marshes Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar site
What decided it
The failure to secure adequate mitigation for likely significant effects on the Thames Estuary and Marshes SPA and Ramsar site, combined with harm to living conditions and highway safety, outweighed the limited benefits of housing delivery on a small brownfield site.
The limited benefits of two additional homes, economic benefits from construction and occupation, and reuse of a brownfield site in an accessible location were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by significant harm to highway safety and parking arrangements, moderate harm to living conditions of future occupiers, and the unmitigated risk of significant effects on Habitats sites.
Framework references: 11, 135, 115, 193, 195
Plan policies cited: CSTP22, CSTP23, PMD1, PMD2, PMD8, PMD9, CSTP19
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.