®Planning appeal decision
Land East of 19 Orchard Way, CHIGWELL, IG7 6EE
the erection of a three storey building to provide 2 x 2 bedroom semi-detached houses with associated car parking, amenity space and landscaping
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Nilsson A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the change of use to residential garden is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the effect on the openness and purposes of including land in the Green Belt, in regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposed development on the integrity of the Epping Forest Special Area of Conservation
- If the appeal development is inappropriate development, 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 it
What decided it
The development would not constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt as the change of use to residential garden would preserve openness and not conflict with Green Belt purposes, and the adverse effects on the Epping Forest SAC would be adequately mitigated through secured planning obligations.
Framework references: 11, 138, 150, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy DM2, Policy DM4, Policy DM22
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.