®Planning appeal decision
Land to the North of the Southend Arterial Road, Situated to the East of BP Connect, Southend Arterial Road, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3UJ
without planning permission, the laying of a hard surface (for the creation of a road)
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Satheesan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the development on the safe access and operation of Paige's Wood and existing uses within the Green Belt and Thames Chase Community Forest
- the effect of the development on biodiversity within the Thames Chase Community Forest and the Ingreborne Valley Metropolitan Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SNIC)
- if the development is inappropriate, whether harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances needed to justify the development
What decided it
The development amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing loss of openness and harm to biodiversity and recreational safety, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
Framework references: 147, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy G2 London Plan 2021, Policy G4 London Plan 2021, Policy GG3 London Plan 2021, Policy D8 London Plan 2021, Policy G6 London Plan 2021, Policy G7 London Plan 2021, Policy 12 Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, Policy 18 Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, Policy 23 Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, Policy 29 Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, Policy 30 Havering Local Plan 2016-2031
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.