57A The Dale, Benfleet, SS7 1TD

Planning appeal 3297729 at 57A The Dale, Benfleet, SS7 1TD (Castle Point Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 July 2023 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the works involved in forming the building and erecting the decking constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

without planning permission, the linking of two caravans with attached corridor to form a new building and the erection of raised timber decking and railings

Authority: Castle Point Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Hawkins S
Postcode: SS7 1TD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the works involved in forming the building and erecting the decking constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework
The effect on openness
Whether any harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations and whether this would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify granting permission for the works

What decided it

The works constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing harm to openness, with no other considerations clearly outweighing this harm and no very special circumstances existing to justify permission.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 149

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