®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to 145, Connaught Avenue, Frinton on Sea, Essex, CO13 9AH
Planning appeal 6003936 at Land Adjacent to 145, Connaught Avenue, Frinton on Sea, Essex, CO13 9AH (Tendring District Council) was dismissed on 8 May 2026 by Inspector Reid L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Frinton and Walton Conservation Area.
development of 2 x 1 bedroom flats
- Authority
- Tendring District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Reid L
- Postcode
- CO13 9AH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Frinton and Walton Conservation Area
- The effect of the proposal on the significance of 90 Fourth Avenue as a non-designated heritage asset
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of the Frinton and Walton Conservation Area, which could not be outweighed by the limited public benefits of providing two one-bedroom flats, combined with the harm to the significance of 90 Fourth Avenue as a non-designated heritage asset.
The less than substantial harm to the conservation area and limited harm to the non-designated heritage asset outweighed the limited social and economic benefits of housing supply, construction phase benefits, and trade to local services; the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply due to the strong reason for refusal provided by heritage harm under paragraph 11d(i) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP7 of the Tendring District Local Plan 2013 – 2033 and Beyond North Essex Authorities' Shared Strategic Section 1 Plan January 2021Policy SPL3 of the Tendring District Local Plan 2013 – 2033 and Beyond Section 2 January 2022Policy PPL8 of the Tendring District Local Plan 2013 – 2033 and Beyond Section 2 January 2022
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 215Paragraph 216Paragraph 135Paragraph 11
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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