Planning appeal decision
Property to Be Known As Longbourn, Blackmore Road, At Ashlings Farm , Ashlings Farm Lane, High Ongar, Ingatestone, CM4 0JU
Planning appeal 3314082 at Property to Be Known As Longbourn, Blackmore Road, At Ashlings Farm , Ashlings Farm Lane, High Ongar, Ingatestone, CM4 0JU (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 28 December 2023 by Inspector Sylvester G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
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- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Sylvester G
- Postcode
- CM4 0JU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the 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 proposal constitutes inappropriate development that would harm the openness of the Green Belt, and there are no other considerations that clearly outweigh this harm to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 143
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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