®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent The Owls , Woodham Road, Stow Maries, CM3 6SA
outline planning application with all matters reserved apart from access for the erection of two residential dwellings
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Goldberg V
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area including the partial loss of the hedgerow to form the proposed access
- whether the proposal would be a suitable location for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the site's acceptable character and appearance impact and suitable location for housing with good accessibility to services via footpath, justified allowing the appeal.
The modest housing contribution and effective use of land in the context of a five-year housing land supply shortfall outweighed the location outside the settlement boundary, particularly given the site's integration within the built-up area and accessibility to services.
Plan policies cited: Policy S8, Policy D1, Policy S1, Policy H4, Policy T1, Policy T2
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.