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The Old Bakehouse / Land at 46 Heath Road, Heath Road, Ramsden Heath Billericay, Essex, CM11 1HS
Planning appeal 3287737 at The Old Bakehouse / Land at 46 Heath Road, Heath Road, Ramsden Heath Billericay, Essex, CM11 1HS (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 October 2022 by Inspector Price A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
described on the application form as ‘application for permission in principle for the erection of 3no new dwellings (with retention of existing dwellinghouse on site with amended curtilage)
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Price A
- Postcode
- CM11 1HS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- if the development is inappropriate development, the effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
- 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 proposed development
What decided it
The proposed development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness, and the housing and economic benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and moderate harm to openness were not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic contributions, so very special circumstances do not exist
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S11Policy DM6Policy DM9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 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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