®Planning appeal decision
Heath End, Sheering Road, Hatfield Heath, Essex, CM22 7LJ
Planning appeal 3279035 at Heath End, Sheering Road, Hatfield Heath, Essex, CM22 7LJ (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 6 May 2022 by Inspector Beeby C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework (2021) and any relevant development plan policies.
a new dwelling with off-street parking and private amenity space
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Beeby C
- Postcode
- CM22 7LJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework (2021) and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would cause moderate harm to the openness of the Green Belt, and this harm to which substantial weight is attached is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances do not exist.
The modest contribution to housing supply and absence of harm to character, appearance and highway safety do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to Green Belt openness, so very special circumstances do not exist
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S6 of the Uttlesford Local Plan (2005)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 124Paragraph 11
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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