®Planning appeal decision
17 Pepys Street, Harwich, ESSEX, CO12 3HG
’change of use of from dwelling house to 2 duplex dwellings’
- Authority
- Tendring District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sabu R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would accord with the Council's development plan strategy for flood risk
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of future occupiers with regard to outlook, light, private amenity space and internal space
What decided it
The proposal would conflict with the development plan strategy for flood risk and would fail to provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, and these adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited housing benefits in the planning balance.
The limited housing benefit and temporary economic benefits were outweighed by significant harm from flood risk non-compliance and inadequate living conditions for future occupiers; the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the NPPF as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy PPL 1, Policy SPL3, Policy LP4, Policy LP3
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.