®Planning appeal decision
The Piggeries, Lincoln Road, Rochford, Essex, SS4 3AF
to demolish all existing buildings to erect 2no four- bedroom bungalows with garages and stables
- Authority
- Rochford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Moulton E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- Whether the 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 proposal would have a greater spatial and visual impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the existing development and therefore fails the paragraph 149(g)(i) exception, making it inappropriate development that cannot be justified by the moderate benefits identified.
The moderate benefits from housing delivery and more efficient use of land did not clearly outweigh the substantial weight to be given to the harm to Green Belt openness, so very special circumstances were not established.
Framework references: 137, 148, 149, 219
Plan policies cited: CS Policy GB1, CS Policy GB2
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