®Planning appeal decision
Green Lodge, Halstead Hall, Braintree Road, Greenstead Green, Essex, CO9 1SL
‘extend and refurbish existing redundant building to form a 37 bed dementia unit with associated car parking and landscaping’
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Shearing C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the non-designated heritage asset of Green Lodge
- The effect of the proposal on existing trees and on the character and appearance of the area
- Effects on ecology
- Whether the proposal would deliver appropriate contributions towards health services
What decided it
The proposal would cause significant and long-lasting harm to potential veteran trees as irreplaceable habitats and to protected species, conflicting with the development plan and Framework in a way that the benefits of the dementia unit and housing provision could not overcome.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy LPP57, Policy LPP33, Policy LPP65, Policy SP7, Policy LPP64, Policy LPP78, Policy SP1
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.