Willow Barn Thoby Lane, Mountnessing, BRENTWOOD, CM15 0SY

single storey extension to an existing dwelling and cart lodge converted into residential dwelling with link to existing dwelling, outbuilding converted into annexe including open parking bay, existing access to be modified and entrance gates to be repositioned without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 20/01135/FUL dated 2 October 2020

Authority: Brentwood Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Walker R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the disputed condition 2 is reasonable and necessary having regard to whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
If it is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The garage and rooflights represent a very small addition that does not result in disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building, and therefore the development is not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Framework references: 149

Plan policies cited: Policy MG02, Policy BE14

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