Tarlings, Pynnings Farm Lane, West Hanningfield, CHELMSFORD, Essex, CM2 8UU

Without planning permission, the construction of a hard surface, concrete base, and footings for a building

Authority: Chelmsford Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: King T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt and its effect on openness
Whether the development would create any other harm, with particular regard to its effect on The Old Bakery (Grade II listed building) and Lower Stock Road (Non-designated Heritage Asset)
If inappropriate development, whether the harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The hard gravelled surface serves a clear and much-needed planning purpose for off-street parking and highway safety, and the siting is preferable to the approved garage location, thereby demonstrating very special circumstances to justify its retention despite Green Belt harm.

Framework references: 149, 150

Plan policies cited: S11, DM6, DM13, DM14

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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