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Allowed17 February 20253348090

Land On the West Side of Canfield Road, Great Canfield, Dunmow, Essex, CM22 6ST

Planning appeal 3348090 at Land On the West Side of Canfield Road, Great Canfield, Dunmow, Essex, CM22 6ST (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 17 February 2025 by Inspector Wallace J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is a suitable location for development having regard to the locational strategy of the development plan.

erection of six dwellinghouses

Authority
Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Wallace J
Postcode
CM22 6ST

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site is a suitable location for development having regard to the locational strategy of the development plan
  • the effect of the proposal on highway safety

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and failure to meet housing delivery test requirements engaged the tilted balance, under which the significant benefits of housing delivery outweighed the limited adverse impacts of the proposal.

The adverse impacts from loss of best and most versatile agricultural land and urbanisation of the site, which attracted limited negative weight, were outweighed by the significant benefits of delivering additional dwellings in an area unable to demonstrate five-year housing land supply and with a history of failing to deliver necessary dwelling levels, together with limited weight to biodiversity enhancements and the site's relatively accessible location on the national cycle network.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S7Policy GEN1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 57

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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