®Planning appeal decision
Ashendene, Canewdon Road, Ashingdon, Essex, SS4 3JJ
Planning appeal 3310015 at Ashendene, Canewdon Road, Ashingdon, Essex, SS4 3JJ (Rochford District Council) was dismissed on 22 August 2023 by Inspector Wright A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Change of use of green belt land to garden use ancillary to main house and retention of existing outbuilding. This will provide private amenity space not visible in its location from the highway. The impact of the replacement outbuilding and its location has minimal impact on any neighbours. We have included neighbour support for the retention of this in its location. The size of the area to be used as garden space is not out of proportion with the size of the existing garden and is less than the double area of the existing garden as limited in the management plan policy 3.82. In reference to policy 3.83 it does not impinge on the openness of the green belt and will not cause any disturbance
- Authority
- Rochford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Wright A
- Postcode
- SS4 3JJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- if the development is inappropriate, 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 required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm from inappropriate development and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations to demonstrate very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM22
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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