Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed25 August 20233306095

Hillview Ulverston Road, Rochford, SS4 3JT

Planning appeal 3306095 at Hillview Ulverston Road, Rochford, SS4 3JT (Rochford District Council) was dismissed on 25 August 2023 by Inspector Wallace J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

erection of one dwelling

Authority
Rochford District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Wallace J
Postcode
SS4 3JT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposal on the openness and the purpose of the Green Belt
  • whether the proposal would be at an unacceptable risk of flooding
  • whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by any other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The combination of inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness, unacceptable flood risk, and the absence of very special circumstances to justify the proposal.

The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm, together with unacceptable flood risk, were not clearly outweighed by other considerations including housing delivery benefits and economic benefits, such that very special circumstances do not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS Policy GB1CS Policy DM3LP Policy ENV3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 80

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

41 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Rochford

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023

  1. Dismissed1 October 20266008122
    Milan Villa, Hyde Wood Lane , Canewdon, Rochford, SS4 3RR
  2. Notice varied and upheld2 September 20263372996
    Land at Limehouse Nursery (Also Known As 401 Eastwood Road), The Drive, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7LJ
  3. Dismissed27 August 20266008013
    5 Marshalls, Rochford, SS4 1SP
  4. Dismissed10 August 20266004687
    33-35 Castle Road, Rayleigh, SS6 7QD
  5. Dismissed7 August 20266003620
    4 & 6 Love Lane, Rayleigh, SS6 7DL

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.