Planning appeal decision
New Buildings Farm Mucking Hall Road, Barling Magna, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0NR
Planning appeal 3298474 at New Buildings Farm Mucking Hall Road, Barling Magna, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0NR (Rochford District Council) was dismissed on 16 December 2022 by Inspector Miles H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
alteration to existing dwelling house to create infill accommodation between existing buildings
- Authority
- Rochford District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Miles H
- Postcode
- SS3 0NR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- 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 proposed extension would result in disproportionate additions to the original building and would have a greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than existing development, and these harms were not outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 149cParagraph 149g
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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