®Planning appeal decision
Land To Rear Of 36 To 54 Grovelands Way, Grays, RM17 5YG
new eight residential apartments, distributed as two apartments per floor. The site layout includes eight car parking spaces, 1 Disabled Bay, 1 EV charging bay, eight covered cycle spaces, and a dedicated area for two recycling bin and one refuse bin. At the east side of the building, it opens onto a ground-floor patio, while to the east, a generous amenity space is provided for outdoor amenity space
- Authority
- Thurrock
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- RM17 5YG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area
- whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with regard to outdoor space
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of occupiers of properties on Grovelands Way, with regard to outlook
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The proposal's harmful effects on character and appearance, and on the living conditions of both future and neighbouring occupiers, significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited housing and sustainability benefits, even in the context of a shortfall in five-year housing land supply.
the adverse impacts of granting planning permission, comprising harm to character and appearance and to the amenity of existing and future occupiers, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery, efficient use of brownfield land, and biodiversity net gain, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
Framework references: 125, 135, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy PMD2, Policy CSTP22, Policy CSTP23, Policy PMD1, Policy PMD8
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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