®Planning appeal decision
Land at Ashen Road, Ashen, Clare, Suffolk, CO10 8LG
erection of one self-build dwelling with garage
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Price J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed dwelling would be acceptable with regard to development plan policy for the location of new housing
- The likely effects on protected and priority species
- Highway safety
What decided it
The conflict with development plan policies directing housing to sustainable locations, combined with unresolved ecological and highway safety concerns, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of providing a single self-build plot.
The modest social benefits of providing one self-build dwelling, given the Council's significant deficit in meeting self-build demand, were substantially outweighed by the significant harm to sustainable development principles and the conflict with the development plan's aim to focus development in locations with good access to facilities and services
Framework references: 11, 73
Plan policies cited: Policy SP 3, Policy LPP 1, Policy SP 7, Policy LPP 42, Policy LPP 39, Policy LPP 66, Policy LPP 52
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.