®Planning appeal decision
4 Damyns Hall Cottages, Aveley Road, Upminster, RM14 2TQ
the erection of a 2-bedroom dwellinghouse to the side land of the property
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Nilsson A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (2021) and the development plan, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety
- If the appeal development is inappropriate development, 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 it
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing moderate harm to openness in both spatial and visual terms, and would cause harm to highway safety, with the identified benefits not clearly outweighing these harms to justify very special circumstances.
Framework references: 11, 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy G2 of The London Plan (2021), Policy 23 of the Havering Local Plan (2021)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.