The Hedges Harlow Road, Roydon, HARLOW, CM19 5HE

demolition of an existing residential dwelling and associated outbuildings and the erection of five new residential dwellings, together with car parking, landscaping and reconfiguration of access

Authority: Epping Forest District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Wilkinson S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect the development would have on its openness
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
The effect of the proposal on the Epping Forest Special Area for Conservation

What decided it

The loss of the non-designated heritage asset and failure to secure mitigation for Epping Forest SAC impacts outweighed the housing supply benefits of four additional dwellings.

The benefits of housing delivery were outweighed by the loss of a non-designated heritage asset contributing to character and appearance and the absence of planning obligations to mitigate recreational impacts on the Epping Forest SAC

Framework references: 11, 149, 203, 219

Plan policies cited: GB2A, GB7A, CP2(iv), CP7, HC13A, CP1, CP6, SP6, DM4, DM7, DM9, DM2, DM22

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.