®Planning appeal decision
Holly Lodge Church Road, Ramsden Bellhouse, Billericay, CM11 1RR
Planning appeal 3284459 at Holly Lodge Church Road, Ramsden Bellhouse, Billericay, CM11 1RR (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 17 August 2022 by Inspector Douglas L, 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 National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
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
- Postcode
- CM11 1RR
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy BAS GB1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 150
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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