Policy information sourced from the Braintree District Council Local Plan 2013-2033.
LPP 24: Specialist Housing - Mount Hill, Halstead.
Land north of Mount Hill (A131) is allocated for 16 units of specialist housing for people with physical impairments and learning disabilities together with the minimum number of ancillary open market housing necessary to ensure their viability. In particular, any application will be expected to address the following:
- If market housing is to be provided, it must be accompanied by, and its numbers fully justified by an open book viability assessment
- Impact on the nearby listed buildings and their settings
- Details of the specialist housing provision and Essex County Council involvement
- Satisfactory vehicular and pedestrian access which retains frontage trees and vegetation as far as possible.
For more information, please visit Braintree District Council’s Local Plan here.