Netherhouse Farm Sewardstone Road, LONDON, E4 7RJ

part single, part two storey extension to existing building to provide additional office space

Authority: Epping Forest District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector: McDonagh C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
The effect of the proposed development 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
Whether the proposal would preserve the Grade II listed building, Netherhouse Farmhouse, or its setting

What decided it

The proposal represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would reduce openness, and the public benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt; additionally, the development would harm the significance of the listed building and its setting without sufficient public benefits to justify this harm.

Framework references: 137, 147, 148, 149, 150, 197, 199, 200, 202

Plan policies cited: Policy DM4, Policy DM7, Policy DM9

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