®Planning appeal decision
Greenwise Nurseries, Vange Park Road, Vange, SS16 5LA
Planning appeal 3285432 at Greenwise Nurseries, Vange Park Road, Vange, SS16 5LA (Thurrock Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 October 2022 by Inspector Davies N, 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 Framework and any relevant development plan policies and the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.
for 60 dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies N
- Postcode
- SS16 5LA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies and 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 harm to Green Belt openness caused by the intensive residential development could not be clearly outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing provision and custom build homes, even in the context of a five-year housing land supply shortfall.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by the significant weight given to affordable housing and custom build provision and the modest weight given to site reuse, landscape improvement, biodiversity gains, bus accessibility and absence of local objection; the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(i) substantially reduced the weight attributable to housing supply contribution.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CSSP4Policy PMD6Policy CSTP2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 137Paragraph 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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