®Planning appeal decision
33 Mill Lane, Stock, Ingatestone, CM4 9RY
Planning appeal 3273071 at 33 Mill Lane, Stock, Ingatestone, CM4 9RY (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 July 2021 by Inspector Cheesley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt and whether the harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances.
a set of wooden gates erected on our land adjacent to our house, for security purposes, it was replacing barb-wire and rotten fence posts, where an existing gate hung many years ago. We would also like to erect another matching set of gates at the other end of our land, to enable us to get access to our land/garden with a ride on mower and hedge trimming machinery
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Cheesley J
- Postcode
- CM4 9RY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt and whether the harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding rural area
What decided it
The height and solid appearance of the gates would be to the detriment of the character and appearance of the surrounding rural area, and the considerations advanced do not clearly outweigh this harm or the inappropriateness of the development in the Green Belt.
the harm to the character and appearance of the rural area and the inappropriateness of the development in the Green Belt was not clearly outweighed by the security concerns and access convenience cited by the appellant
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM23
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130Paragraph 134
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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