Featherfields, Malting Lane, Kirby-Le-Soken, FRINTON-ON-SEA, Essex, CO13 0EH

change of use from agricultural land to a bird sanctuary and rescue including a maximum of 12 portacabins and aviaries with hardstanding, parking and planting

Authority: Tendring District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Bartlett R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is a suitable location for the development having regard to i) the spatial strategy for the area; ii) the Coastal Protection Belt; and iii) the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposal failed to justify a functional or operational requirement to be located within the Coastal Protection Belt and would result in unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the rural landscape through the excessive number and poor siting of structures.

Framework references: 185, 186

Plan policies cited: Policy SP3, Policy PPL2, Policy PPL3, Policy SPL3, Policy SP7

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