Planning appeal decision
Springfields Dunmow Road, Beauchamp Roding, Ongar, CM5 0NT
Planning appeal 3302674 at Springfields Dunmow Road, Beauchamp Roding, Ongar, CM5 0NT (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 12 June 2023 by Inspector Brownless E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework.
a 2 storey extension and re-profiled roof
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Brownless E
- Postcode
- CM5 0NT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness 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 extension would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing appreciable harm to openness, and the considerations advanced by the appellant do not amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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