®Planning appeal decision
LAND BETWEEN ASH COTTAGE AND HIGH PROSPECT, TOP ROAD, WOODHAM WALTER, ESSEX, CM9 6RQ
outline application for up to 6 dwellings and garages
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Major R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development, having particular regard to the development plan's spatial strategy
- the effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The appeal site represents an unsustainable location for residential development due to the settlement's very limited services and facilities and poor public transport connectivity, combined with the harmful impact on the rural character and appearance of the area.
The modest benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing provision, and economic benefits were outweighed by the clear conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy policies and the harmful impact on character and appearance; the Council's demonstrated 6.3 years' housing land supply meant the tilted balance did not apply.
Framework references: 70, 82
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S2, Policy S8, Policy T1, Policy T2, 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.