®Planning appeal decision
Holly Lodge Church Road, Ramsden Bellhouse, BILLERICAY, CM11 1RR
described in the application form as: Conversion of existing Stables to a 4 bedroom dwelling and adding a driveway to the existing house at the front of the site
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Douglas L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether any 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 substantial weight owed to harm to the Green Belt from inappropriate development and harm to openness was not clearly outweighed by the modest benefit of providing a single dwelling in an area with housing land supply shortfall.
The modest benefit of providing a single family dwelling in an area lacking deliverable housing sites, even if given significant weight, does not clearly outweigh the substantial weight that must be assigned to harm to the Green Belt from inappropriateness and low-level harm to openness.
Framework references: 11, 137, 138, 147, 148, 150
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy BAS GB1
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.