®Planning appeal decision
Land at Elmfield, South Hanningfield Road, South Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8HQ
retrospective application for the change of use of the land from Agricultural (Suis generis) to Commercial Business and Service (Class E), to allow for the current commercial business Seabrook Developments Ltd. to store plant, machinery and shipping containers. Access into the site is via Seabrook Developments Ltd. which is to the east of the site
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including its effects on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land in it
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that diminishes openness and causes moderate harm to character and appearance, and the appellant failed to demonstrate very special circumstances to justify the proposal.
Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy DM10, Policy S11
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.