®Planning appeal decision
Wheatley, Orchard Avenue, Ramsden Bellhouse, CM11 1PH
Planning appeal 3300170 at Wheatley, Orchard Avenue, Ramsden Bellhouse, CM11 1PH (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 22 February 2023 by Inspector Smith J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular reference to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect on the openness of the Green Belt, and if the proposal is inappropriate, 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.
one detached chalet bungalow (4B)
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith J
- Postcode
- CM11 1PJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular reference to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect on the openness of the Green Belt, and if the proposal is inappropriate, 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 development would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing harm to openness in both visual and spatial terms, and the limited weight afforded to other considerations did not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BAS GB1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 140
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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