Mount View, Rhoda Road, South Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1HZ

Planning appeal 3302016 at Mount View, Rhoda Road, South Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1HZ (Castle Point Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 September 2023 by Inspector Berry A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

a “2 storey rear extension to a detached garage

Authority: Castle Point Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Berry A
Postcode: SS7 1HZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
if the development is inappropriate, 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 the development

What decided it

The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, as the substantial harm to the Green Belt is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 149

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