Land North of Shatters Road, Shatters Road, Layer Breton, Essex, CO2 0PY

Planning appeal 3359611 at Land North of Shatters Road, Shatters Road, Layer Breton, Essex, CO2 0PY (Colchester Borough Council) was allowed on 14 July 2025 by Inspector Catcheside E, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to (a) relevant development plan policies for the countryside, and (b) its effect on the character and appearance of the landscape and area.

Erection of 6 standard size close observation stables and two foaling boxes, a surfaced turnout pen, hard standing turn out area and a 40m x 30m assessment and rehabilitation Menage, use of land for grazing horses and the siting of a mobile rural workers dwelling”

Authority: Colchester Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: Catcheside E
Postcode: CO2 0PY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to (a) relevant development plan policies for the countryside, and (b) its effect on the character and appearance of the landscape and area
whether the statutory biodiversity gain condition (BGC) would be capable of being successfully discharged

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that the development would not harmfully affect the character and appearance of the countryside and that the statutory biodiversity gain condition could be successfully discharged, meaning the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP3Policy SP7Policy SG1Policy OV2Policy DM6Policy DM7Policy DM14Policy DM15Policy ENV1

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