®Planning appeal decision
33-35 Castle Road, Rayleigh, SS6 7QD
demolition of existing semi-detached houses and all outbuildings and erection of a detached house and a block of 8 flats with associate car park, bin and cycle stores
- Authority
- Rochford
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- SS6 7QD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to natural light, outlook, privacy, amenity space and refuse arrangements, and preserve the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with regard to privacy and overlooking
- Whether the proposed development would provide satisfactory parking, cycle-parking and servicing arrangements, and the effect of these matters on the functionality of the development
What decided it
The unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers of Flats 02 and 05 and harmful overlooking to Britton Court neighbours significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing supply benefits in the tilted balance assessment.
The benefits of housing delivery and effective use of a sustainably located brownfield site were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers and harmful overlooking to neighbouring occupiers.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CP1 of the Core Strategy, Policy DM1 of the DMP, Policy DM3 of the DMP, Policy DM4 of the DMP, Policy T8 of the Core Strategy, Policy DM30 of the DMP
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.