®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Caxton Pride Hackmans Lane , Purleigh Essex, CM3 6RE
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
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
Framework references: 11, 58, 65, 110, 115, 232
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S8, Policy T1, Policy T2, Policy H1, Policy E3
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.