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Dismissed3 April 20233297429

Cockshill Cottages, Swan Lane, Stock, Ingatestone, CM4 9QR

Planning appeal 3297429 at Cockshill Cottages, Swan Lane, Stock, Ingatestone, CM4 9QR (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 3 April 2023 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt.

retrospective application for two storey front extension, two storey side extension, part single, part two storey rear extension and loft conversion with dormer to rear

Authority
Chelmsford Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Buchanan R
Postcode
CM4 9QP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
  • its effect on the character and appearance of the area, including the design of Cockshill Cottage and its relationship to Hornbeam Cottage
  • whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt, and any other harm, so as to amount to very special circumstances to justify the development

What decided it

The significant harm to Green Belt openness and the appreciable harm to character and appearance of the area, which are matters of substantial and significant weight respectively, are not outweighed by the appellant's personal circumstances, and very special circumstances do not therefore exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S11Policy DM11Policy DM23

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