®Planning appeal decision
38 Roydon Lodge Estate, High Street, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EF
Planning appeal 3222126 at 38 Roydon Lodge Estate, High Street, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EF (Epping Forest District Council) was allowed on 13 May 2022 by Inspector Lewis D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the potential harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to provide the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development, whether on a permanent or temporary basis.
a material change in the use of the land from a mixed use for leisure and residential occupation of a caravan to the use of the land as a gypsy and traveller caravan site without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref APP/J1535/C/14/2211759, dated 30 July 2015 (LPA ref: ENF/0721/10)
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Lewis D
- Postcode
- CM19 5EF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the potential harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to provide the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development, whether on a permanent or temporary basis
What decided it
The substantial unmet need for and shortfall in the supply of deliverable gypsy and traveller sites, combined with very significant weight given to the appellants' personal circumstances and the best interests of their children, amounted to very special circumstances clearly outweighing the Green Belt and other harm.
The Green Belt harm from inappropriateness and limited loss of openness (substantial weight) plus a small amount of weight against from flood risk was clearly outweighed by the substantial weight given to unmet need/lack of a five-year supply of sites and the very significant weight given to the appellants' personal circumstances, so that very special circumstances existed to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2APolicy RST10APolicy H10APolicy CP1Policy CP2Policy GB7APolicy U2APolicy NC1Policy LL3Policy DM 2Policy DM 22Policy SP 2Policy SP 5Policy H 4
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.
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