®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Newlands Road, Wickford, Essex, SS12 9ER
Planning appeal 3261307 at Land East of Newlands Road, Wickford, Essex, SS12 9ER (Basildon District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 8 March 2024 by Inspector Dignan P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether Condition 2 is necessary in the interests of the Green Belt and local character.
Use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes with ancillary dayroom and hardstanding
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Dignan P
- Postcode
- SS12 9ER
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether Condition 2 is necessary in the interests of the Green Belt and local character
- The effect of the additional plots on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- The effect of the additional plots on local character and appearance
What decided it
The substantial and cumulative harm to the Green Belt (inappropriateness, loss of openness, encroachment and urban sprawl) and to local character was not clearly outweighed by the unmet need for traveller pitches, personal circumstances, Human Rights considerations or the best interests of children.
The very substantial harm to the Green Belt, local character and the intentional unauthorised nature of the development outweighed the unmet need for traveller pitches, personal circumstances, Human Rights interference and the best interests of children, so permission was refused for most plots; for Plot 3 the need for satisfactory living conditions outweighed the very limited Green Belt harm, so very special circumstances were found to exist and permission was granted.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BAS GB1Policy BAS BE12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
- Judgments
- Geall v SSE [1998] EWCA Civ 1940
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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