Planning appeal decision
1 Rose Hall Cottages Shonks Mill Road, Navestock, Romford, RM4 1EU
Planning appeal 3280650 at 1 Rose Hall Cottages Shonks Mill Road, Navestock, Romford, RM4 1EU (Brentwood Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 February 2022 by Inspector Wilkinson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
a new dwelling replacing an existing outbuilding
- Authority
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson S
- Postcode
- RM14 1EU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, amounting to very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposed development would result in a greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the existing building, constituting inappropriate development that cannot be justified by very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- GB1GB2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
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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