®Planning appeal decision
Land at Plot 7 Roydon Lodge Chalet Estate, Roydon, CM19 5EF
Planning appeal 3215161 at Land at Plot 7 Roydon Lodge Chalet Estate, Roydon, CM19 5EF (Epping Forest District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 13 May 2022 by Inspector Lewis D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm resulting from the caravan site, is clearly outweighed by other considerations to provide the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
Without planning permission: The material change in the use of the Land from a recreational leisure plot use to a residential use including the stationing of static caravans, touring caravans and associated development, including the installation of a cess pit and hardstanding
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Lewis D
- Postcode
- CM19 5EF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue is whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm resulting from the caravan site, is clearly outweighed by other considerations to provide the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
What decided it
The cumulative Green Belt, flood risk and design/character harm was not clearly outweighed by the need for traveller sites and the appellant's personal circumstances, so very special circumstances were not demonstrated.
Substantial Green Belt harm, significant flood risk harm and significant harm to character and appearance, plus moderate weight against intentional unauthorised development, were weighed against substantial weight for unmet need/absence of a five-year supply/lack of alternative sites and significant weight for personal circumstances including the best interests of the children; the harm was not clearly outweighed, so very special circumstances did not exist and permission (permanent or temporary) was refused.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2APolicy RST10APolicy H10APolicy GB7APolicy CP1Policy CP2Policy U2APolicy NC1Policy LL3Policy DM 2Policy DM 22Policy SP 2Policy SP 4Policy SP 5Policy H 4
- Judgments
- Pitman v Secretary of State for the Environment [1989] JPL 831
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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