Planning appeal decision
Fantails, Hook End Road, Hook End, Brentwood, CM15 0HB
Planning appeal 3273491 at Fantails, Hook End Road, Hook End, Brentwood, CM15 0HB (Brentwood Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 March 2022 by Inspector Chandler M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal represents inappropriate development within the Green Belt.
Retrospective permission for an agricultural building to be used for the storage of machinery and hay
- Authority
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Chandler M
- Postcode
- CM15 0HB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal represents inappropriate development within the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the setting of the adjacent Designated Heritage Assets
What decided it
The harm to the setting of the designated heritage assets, in the absence of any public benefits, was a matter of fundamental concern that outweighed the neutral finding on Green Belt appropriateness.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- GB1GB2GB14CP1CP16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 202
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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