®Planning appeal decision
Wick Place Cottage, Bulphan, Essex, RM14 3TJ
Planning appeal 3280702 at Wick Place Cottage, Bulphan, Essex, RM14 3TJ (Thurrock Borough Council) was dismissed on 30 November 2022 by Inspector Courtney T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy.
Demolition of existing outbuildings, replacement of former smithy to create new dwelling and erection of new dwelling
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Courtney T
- Postcode
- RM14 3TJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy
- Whether the proposal would be contrary to the purposes of including land within the Green Belt
- If the development would be inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The substantial cumulative harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness, reduction in openness, and encroachment into the countryside was not clearly outweighed by the limited to moderate benefits of the fallback position, housing supply contribution, and design features.
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness, reduction in openness, and encroachment into the countryside was not clearly outweighed by the limited to moderate weight attributed to the fallback scenario, housing supply contribution, and positive design features, so very special circumstances did not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PMD6Policy CSSP4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 138Paragraph 69
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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