®Planning appeal decision
1-36 Amberry Court, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2PX
construction of 2 additional floors to blocks 1, 2 and 3 resulting in 30 additional residential units
- Authority
- Harlow District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would comply with GPDO Part 20 Class A.2(1)(a) regarding transport and highways impacts
- Whether the proposed development would comply with GPDO Part 20 Class A.2(1)(e) regarding external appearance of the building
What decided it
The proposal would fail to comply with the GPDO Part 20 Class A requirements due to harmful external fire escape staircases and inadequate parking provision that would create unacceptable highway safety impacts.
The moderate weight given to housing benefits and the moderate weight given to the fallback position of removing existing parking did not outweigh the moderate weight given to harm from fire escape staircases, moderate weight to harm from loss of Other Open Space, and minor weight to harm to highway safety from reduced parking provision.
Framework references: 135, 116
Plan policies cited: Policy LP6(a), Policy IN3
Judgments cited: Mansell v Tonbridge and Malling BC & others [2017] EWCA Civ 1314; Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2009] EWCA Civ 333; R (Zurich) v Lincolnshire Council [2012] EWHC 3708
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