®Planning appeal decision
Agricultural Building Rear Of The Mole Hill , Hollow Road , Felsted , Essex, CM6 3JF
Demolition of existing agricultural building and erection of one dwelling, new access and associated development
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Phillips A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- Whether the proposal meets the definition of a self-build dwelling and the impact on this on BNG
What decided it
The failure to provide the necessary information to satisfy the biodiversity net gain condition, combined with the inability to enforce the self-build status through a legal agreement, substantially outweighed the benefits of the proposal when assessed against the Framework.
The benefits of housing delivery and potential self-build status were outweighed by the substantial harm caused by non-compliance with biodiversity net gain legislation, assessed against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 78
Plan policies cited: Policy S7
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.