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Dismissed25 May 20233295406

New Wick Farm Wakering Road, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0QA

Planning appeal 3295406 at New Wick Farm Wakering Road, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0QA (Southend-on-Sea City Council) was dismissed on 25 May 2023 by Inspector Wallace J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt.

demolition of an agricultural style building comprising Demolition Contractors Yard, and E (g) Class Use as a Gymnasium to allow for the erection of 3no. dwellings with associated parking

Authority
Southend-on-Sea City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Wallace J
Postcode
SS3 0QA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposal on the supply of employment land
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • 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 with greater impact on openness than the existing development, and the benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm and the harm to employment land supply, so very special circumstances do not exist.

The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to employment land supply were not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of housing delivery and limited weight to permitted development fallback, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS Policy CP4CS Policy KP1CS Policy GB1CS Policy CP1DMD Policy DM11CS Policy KP2DMD Policy DM10CS Policy KP2CS Policy CP4DMP Policy DM1DMP Policy DM3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 148Paragraph 11

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