54 Tower Cottages, Ongar Road, Pilgrims Hatch, CM15 9SB

single storey rear extension and alterations to the fenestration

Authority: Brentwood Borough Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Sabu R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
whether the proposal would preserve a Grade II listed building, 53 and 54 Bentley Corner, (now 54 Tower Cottage) and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, 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 would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt with disproportionate additions to the original building, combined with harm to the special interest of the Grade II listed building, with no very special circumstances to justify it.

Framework references: 11, 149, 199, 200, 202

Plan policies cited: BLP Policy MG02, BLP Policy BE14, BLP Policy BE16

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