®Planning appeal decision
The Old Bakehouse / Land at 46 Heath Road, Heath Road, Ramsden Heath Billericay, Essex, CM11 1HS
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
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
Framework references: 147, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy S11, Policy DM6, Policy DM9
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.