Planning appeal decision
Lodge Hall, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RW
Planning appeal 3296104 at Lodge Hall, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RW (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 18 October 2022 by Inspector Wilkinson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect it would have on openness.
the erection of a 4 bedroom detached dwelling with associated parking, access and amenity area
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson S
- Postcode
- EN9 2RW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect it would have on openness
- Whether the location of the appeal site can be accessed by a genuine choice of transport mode
- The effect of the proposal on the Epping Forest Special Area for Conservation
- If the development is inappropriate 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 in the Green Belt
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, compounded by its unsustainable location requiring car dependency and unmitigated impacts on the Epping Forest SAC.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- GB2AGB7ACP1CP3ST1ST2CP6NC1DM4T1DM2DM22
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
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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