Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed5 November 20253369134

Land Adjoining 36 Barrack Street, Colchester, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2LJ

Planning appeal 3369134 at Land Adjoining 36 Barrack Street, Colchester, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2LJ (Colchester Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 November 2025 by Inspector Murray D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the area, including on existing trees.

the demolition of the existing garage and erection of a 2 bedroom house with associated parking, bin storage, and cycle storage (self build)

Authority
Colchester Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Murray D
Postcode
CO1 2LJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area, including on existing trees
  • The effect on ecology
  • The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of adjacent properties, including new build

What decided it

The cramped siting of the detached dwelling on the limited backland site would not maintain or enhance the character and appearance of the area and would likely result in loss of existing trees, causing permanent local harm that outweighed the benefits of the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM15Policy ENV1Policy DM1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 135

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

113 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Colchester City Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Dismissed19 October 20266009296
    Land West of Priory Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QE
  2. Allowed17 August 20266003588
    The Barn, Bull Lane, Tiptree, CO5 0BE
  3. Dismissed29 June 20266005813
    Oak House, Aldham, CO6 3QU
  4. Dismissed22 May 20266004072
    Thorpe Ley, Old Ipswich Road, Langham, Essex, CO7 7QJ
  5. Dismissed30 January 20263375455
    Stonefield Farm , Kelvedon Road, Inworth, Colchester, CO5 9SH

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.