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Allowed23 May 20253357015

Land West of Mill Lane, Tye Green, Cressing, Essex, CM77 8HW

Planning appeal 3357015 at Land West of Mill Lane, Tye Green, Cressing, Essex, CM77 8HW (Braintree District Council) was allowed on 23 May 2025 by Inspector Carpenter C, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site represents an appropriate location for housing having regard to the spatial strategy for the area.

78 bungalows consisting of age-restricted (to over-55s) market bungalows and unrestricted affordable bungalows; with the provision of c. 4 ha of open space, community building, associated works and change of use from agricultural to domestic garden (resubmission of 21/00749/FUL)

Authority
Braintree District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Carpenter C
Postcode
CM77 8HW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site represents an appropriate location for housing having regard to the spatial strategy for the area
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
  • whether there is a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites

What decided it

The substantial combined weight of housing delivery (including specialist and affordable housing) and local infrastructure benefits outweighed the moderate harm from conflict with the spatial strategy and limited harm to character/appearance and BMV land.

the substantial weight of housing delivery, specialist and affordable housing, and local infrastructure provision outweighed the moderate harm from conflict with the spatial strategy, the limited harm to character and appearance, and the limited harm from loss of best and most versatile agricultural land

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
S1LP Policy SP3S1LP Policy S3S1LP Policy S6S1LP Policy SP2S2LP Policy LPP1S2LP Policy LPP33S2LP Policy LPP47S2LP Policy LPP52S2LP Policy LPP31S2LP Policy LPP50S2LP Policy LPP78S2LP Policy LPP35CPNP Policy 7CCPNP Policy 7CPNP Policy 11
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 83Paragraph 58Paragraph 11Paragraph 78

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