Planning appeal decision
Supply 2 Location Ltd, Southend Road, Fobbing, Stanford-Le-Hope, SS17 9EY
Planning appeal 3307471 at Supply 2 Location Ltd, Southend Road, Fobbing, Stanford-Le-Hope, SS17 9EY (Thurrock Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 September 2023 by Inspector Cowley R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies including, where appropriate, its effect on openness.
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- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cowley R
- Postcode
- SS17 9EY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies including, where appropriate, its effect on openness
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether any harm by reasons of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm to openness and character, and no other considerations clearly outweigh this harm to constitute very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PMD6Policy CSTP22Policy CSTP23Policy PMD2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 148Paragraph 130
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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