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Dismissed20 March 20253348762

Field View, Tolleshunt D'arcy Road, Tolleshunt Major, Essex, CM9 8LN

Planning appeal 3348762 at Field View, Tolleshunt D'arcy Road, Tolleshunt Major, Essex, CM9 8LN (Maldon District Council) was dismissed on 20 March 2025 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development, with particular regard to planning policy and the accessibility of services and facilities.

A 2 bedroom Bungalow, in a plot which can be positioned by Maldon Council, that is all in the Tolleshunt Major boundary, making as much energy saving as we can. We have a one bedroom Holiday Cottage, that has solar panels on the roof, on the site, which is all hedged, that is looked after by our daughter, she is moving away in the near future, so we need a bungalow to look after the land a nd the Holiday cottage. It will stop us using our car, going to Tolleshunt Major from Tollesbury. The land we will put more trees onto it and make it into a good place for animals and creatures to live. We will leave a 3 bedroom semi -detached house in a good location for us to sell in Tollesbury

Authority
Maldon District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hobbs J
Postcode
CM9 8LN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development, with particular regard to planning policy and the accessibility of services and facilities
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to intervisibility
  • the effect of the proposal on Blackwater Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA) and Dengie SPA

What decided it

The proposal's location outside the settlement boundary in an unsustainable location lacking accessibility to services and facilities, combined with unacceptable highway safety impacts and harm to character and appearance, means the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits even in the context of a shortfall in housing land supply.

The adverse impacts of unsustainability, poor accessibility, harm to character and appearance, and highway safety risks significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and energy efficiency, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S1Policy S8Policy D1Policy H4Policy T1Policy T2Policy N1Policy N2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 232

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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