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Allowed6 January 20253345863

43 Seaview Avenue, West Mersea, Essex, CO5 8HE

Planning appeal 3345863 at 43 Seaview Avenue, West Mersea, Essex, CO5 8HE (Colchester Borough Council) was allowed on 6 January 2025 by Inspector Price J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the functional, landscape and amenity value of planned public open space (POS) provision in this area.

for the retention of an existing building for use as a residential annex and adjustment to residential curtilage

Authority
Colchester Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Price J
Postcode
CO5 8HE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the functional, landscape and amenity value of planned public open space (POS) provision in this area

What decided it

The loss of the relatively small amount of planned public open space would have no appreciable impact on the wider functioning of green infrastructure supporting the new housing development, and the proposal would make beneficial use of an existing building in accordance with Policy DM13 on residential annex accommodation.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP7Policy DM15Policy DM17Policy DM18Policy DM13Policy WM 10
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57

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