®Planning appeal decision
Land at Plot 11 Roydon Lodge Chalet Estate, Roydon, CM19 5EF
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 for residential use, touring caravans and associated development, including the installation of hardstanding
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Lewis D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- 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 character harms were not clearly outweighed by the need for traveller sites and personal circumstances, so very special circumstances were not established.
the substantial harm to the Green Belt, very significant flood risk harm and significant character/appearance harm were not clearly outweighed by the substantial weight given to unmet traveller site need/lack of supply and significant weight given to personal circumstances including the best interests of the child, so the balance tipped against the development even for a temporary permission
Plan policies cited: Policy GB2A, Policy RST10A, Policy H10A, Policy GB7A, Policy CP1, Policy CP2, Policy U2A, Policy NC1, Policy LL3, Policy DM 2, Policy DM 22, Policy SP 2, Policy SP 4, Policy SP 5, Policy H 4
Judgments cited: Pitman v Secretary of State for the Environment [1989] JPL 831
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.