®Planning appeal decision
Agnes Martino, Brookfield Nursery Sewardstone Road, LONDON, E4 7RJ
Demolition of the existing buildings on the site and the clearance of the site and the erection of a four bedroom dwelling together with parking, landscaping and access from Sewardstone Road
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wallace J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the openness and the purpose of the Green Belt
- whether the proposal would be a suitable location for development with regard to the spatial development strategy and the opportunity for means of access other than the private car
- whether any 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 proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and purposes, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
The substantial harm from inappropriateness and harm to openness and Green Belt purposes was not clearly outweighed by the limited economic and social benefits, so very special circumstances do not exist
Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy DM4, Policy DM4C.(vi), Policy DM4C.(v), Policy H3, Policy SP1
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