®Planning appeal decision
Land West of Mill Lane, Tye Green, Cressing, Essex, CM77 8HW
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
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
Framework references: 83, 58, 11, 78
Plan policies cited: S1LP Policy SP3, S1LP Policy S3, S1LP Policy S6, S1LP Policy SP2, S2LP Policy LPP1, S2LP Policy LPP33, S2LP Policy LPP47, S2LP Policy LPP52, S2LP Policy LPP31, S2LP Policy LPP50, S2LP Policy LPP78, S2LP Policy LPP35, CPNP Policy 7C, CPNP Policy 7, CPNP Policy 11
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.