®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent 23 Rectory Road, North Fambridge, Essex, CM3 6NG
an outline application with all matters reserved for the erection of 3no. dwellings
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wright A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site would be a suitable location for housing, having regard to the provisions of the development plan and the accessibility of services and facilities
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on protected species, with particular regard to bats and badgers
- whether the proposed scheme would meet the statutory requirements for the provision of biodiversity net gain
What decided it
The site's unsuitability as a location for housing due to reliance on private vehicles for accessing services, combined with significant harm to rural character and unresolved protected species concerns, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing benefit.
The modest contribution of three dwellings to housing supply and limited economic and social benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the site's unsuitability for housing, harm to character and appearance, and failure to demonstrate no harm to protected species.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S8, Policy T2, Policy D1, Policy N1, Policy N2
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