Application: 23/00249/OUTM (Direct Link)
Status: Refused
Comments by Planning Officer:
RECOMMENDED REASONS FOR REFUSAL
1. The application site lies outside of the defined settlement boundaries where policies
of restraint apply. The Council can demonstrate a five year housing land supply to
accord with the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework. The site
has not been identified by the Council for development to meet future needs for the
District and does not fall within either a Garden Suburb or Strategic Allocation for
growth identified within the Maldon District Local Development Plan to meet the
objectively assessed needs for housing and employment in the District. The
development is therefore contrary to Policies S1, and S8 of the Maldon District Local
Development Plan (2017).
2. The proposed development is not well related to and does not integrate with the
existing settlement and as a result it would compromise the identity of Southminster
to the detriment of the rural character of the area contrary to policy S1 part 12 and
policy D1 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan (2017).
3. In the absence of a completed legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town
and Country Planning Act 1990, the proposal includes inadequate provision to secure
the delivery of affordable housing to meet the identified need in the locality, address
the Council's strategic objectives on affordable housing and supporting a mixed and
balanced community, contrary to Policies S1, H1 and I1 of the Maldon District Local
Development Plan and Government advice contained within the National Planning
Policy Framework.
4. In the absence of a completed legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town
and Country Planning Act 1990 to secure the necessary improvements to bus
services, the completion management and maintenance of the public open space,
provision of necessary contributions towards health care, community facilities,
primary and secondary school places, and library improvements, the impact of the
development cannot be mitigated contrary to Policies S1, D1, N1, N3, I1 and T2 of
the Maldon District Local Development Plan and Government advice contained within
the National Planning Policy Framework.
5. In the absence of a completed legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town
and Country Planning Act 1990, securing a necessary financial contribution towards
Essex Coast Recreational disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy or an
appropriate mitigation strategy to overcome the impacts of the development on the
European designated nature conservation sites, the development would have an
adverse impact on those European designated nature conservation sites, contrary to
Policies S1 and I1 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and the NPPF.