®Planning appeal decision
Land to The West of Sladburys Lane, Clacton on Sea, CO15 4BE
up to 30 dwellings plus associated infrastructure including a new access onto Sladburys Lane
- Authority
- Tendring
- Appeal type
- major · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- CO15 4BE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the landscape character of the area, with particular regard to the Strategic Green Gap
- Whether the appeal site represents an appropriate location for the proposal, having regard to the spatial strategy in the development plan
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the significant housing delivery benefits and the site's appropriate location within the spatial strategy, outweighed the moderate harm to the Strategic Green Gap when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
The moderate adverse impacts from loss of openness in the Strategic Green Gap were outweighed by the significant benefits of delivering up to 30 dwellings (including affordable housing), economic benefits, and the site's appropriate location in a sustainable settlement, assessed against the Framework taken as a whole in the context of a shortfall in housing land supply.
Framework references: 11, 58
Plan policies cited: Policy SP3, Policy SPL1, Policy SPL2, Policy PPL3, Policy PPL4, Policy PPL5, Policy PPL6, Policy PPL10, Policy LP5, Policy SP2
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.