®Planning appeal decision
3 Hooley Drive, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9RA
provision of detached outbuilding for use incidental to dwellinghouse – 3 Hooley Drive
- Authority
- Rochford District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Pannell G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposed outbuilding would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and significant harm to character and appearance, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
The harm to the Green Belt (by definition harmful as inappropriate development) and significant harm to character and appearance were not outweighed by any other considerations, so the balance did not favour approval.
Framework references: 137, 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: DM1 (x), DM1 (xi)
Judgments cited: Sevenoaks District Council v SSE and Dawe [1997]
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