®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Caxton Pride Hackmans Lane , Purleigh Essex, CM3 6RE
Planning appeal 3370943 at Land Adjacent Caxton Pride Hackmans Lane , Purleigh Essex, CM3 6RE (Maldon District Council) was dismissed on 21 January 2026 by Inspector Pattison B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is a suitable location for the proposal having regard to local and national planning policy, and the accessibility of the site to services, employment opportunities and facilities.
Installation of Bus Shelter, provision of new bus route and development of 5 zero carbon dwellings
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pattison B
- Postcode
- CM3 6RE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is a suitable location for the proposal having regard to local and national planning policy, and the accessibility of the site to services, employment opportunities and facilities
- whether the proposal would make adequate provision towards affordable housing
What decided it
The site's location outside the settlement boundary in open countryside with poor accessibility to services and facilities, requiring future occupants to be heavily reliant on private vehicles, constitutes a significant adverse impact that outweighs the modest housing supply benefits.
the modest benefits of five dwellings contributing to housing supply, net zero carbon design, economic benefits during construction, and biodiversity net gain were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of locating development in an unsustainable location contrary to Framework policies on directing development to sustainable locations with genuine transport choice
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S1Policy S8Policy T1Policy T2Policy H1Policy E3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 58Paragraph 65Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 232
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.
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