®Planning appeal decision
2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages Chalk Street, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, CM3 8DE
Planning appeal 3287052 at 2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages Chalk Street, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, CM3 8DE (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 September 2022 by Inspector Grierson E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
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- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Grierson E
- Postcode
- CM3 8DE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect on the setting and significance of the grade II listed building at 2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages
- Whether the 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 development
What decided it
The harm to the Green Belt through loss of openness and inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and the very special circumstances required to justify development in the Green Belt were not established.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM6Policy DM13
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 148Paragraph 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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