®Planning appeal decision
Brentwood Vineyard Church, Ashwells Road, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, CM15 9SE
Planning appeal 3293344 at Brentwood Vineyard Church, Ashwells Road, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, CM15 9SE (Brentwood Borough Council) was allowed on 7 February 2023 by Inspector Grierson E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that removing the stipulation within condition 3, preventing cooking on the premises, would have on the Green Belt, the character and appearance of the area and the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring dwellings with regard to intensification of the site and the extraction equipment necessary for a commercial kitchen.
Change of use from a place of worship including social activities, teaching and training to a place of worship including social activities, teaching and training and a café open to the public, with removal of restriction on cooking on the premises
- Authority
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Grierson E
- Postcode
- CM15 9SE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that removing the stipulation within condition 3, preventing cooking on the premises, would have on the Green Belt, the character and appearance of the area and the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring dwellings with regard to intensification of the site and the extraction equipment necessary for a commercial kitchen
What decided it
The part of condition 3 restricting cooking on the premises was not necessary to protect the Green Belt, character and appearance, or neighbouring living conditions, and therefore failed to meet the tests in NPPF paragraph 56 and should be removed, subject to an additional condition controlling extraction equipment.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- MG01MG02BE14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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