®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed24 July 20253365686
3 & 4 Cooks Hall Cottages, Cooks Hall Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, Essex, CO6 3EY
repair and renovate cottages on a like-for-like basis, as holiday accommodation (partly retrospective)
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Fleming L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a sustainable location for the proposal having particular regard to the need for tourism development, whether it would involve the development of previously developed land and its effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The harm to the rural character and appearance of the area caused by urbanisation of the site, combined with dependence on private motorised transport and insufficient evidence of tourism need, outweighed the benefits of redeveloping previously developed land.
Framework references: 84, 88, 89, 124
Plan policies cited: Policy DM5, Policy OV2, Policy ENV1, Policy PP9
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.