®Planning appeal decision
Lebanon Lower Dunton Road, Bulphan, UPMINSTER, RM14 3TD
demolition of existing bungalows, garages and outbuildings, erection of five detached dwellings and garages and revised access to the highway
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Carpenter C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal 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
What decided it
The considerable harm to the openness of the Green Belt caused by the increased volume and closer clustering of two-storey dwellings was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of housing delivery and economic activity.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of housing provision, economic activity, and visual enhancement, so very special circumstances did not exist.
Framework references: 11, 137, 138, 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy BAS GB3 of the Basildon District Local Plan Saved Policies September 2007
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.