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Dismissed8 December 20213274432

Woodlands Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Essex, RM4 1EJ

Planning appeal 3274432 at Woodlands Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Essex, RM4 1EJ (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 8 December 2021 by Inspector Wallis D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework.

3no. two storey, four bedroom dwellings and access

Authority
Epping Forest District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Wallis D
Postcode
RM4 1EJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal is inappropriate development for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework
  • 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 very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
  • the effect of the development upon the Epping Forest Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

What decided it

The proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt by extending built form into the countryside rather than constituting infill, and no very special circumstances were demonstrated to justify departure from Green Belt policy.

The tilted balance was not engaged because the policies of the Framework in relation to Green Belt land and protection of the natural environment provided clear reasons for refusal, notwithstanding the lack of a five-year housing land supply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
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National Planning Policy Framework
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Judgments
Court of Justice of the European Union 2018 ruling on European Sites

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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