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Maple Cottage, 1 Foxglove Farm, Dunmow Road, Hatfield Heath, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7BL
Planning appeal 3314994 at Maple Cottage, 1 Foxglove Farm, Dunmow Road, Hatfield Heath, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7BL (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 20 October 2023 by Inspector Plenty B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed extension would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
the demolition of existing side extension and link and erection of a single storey side extension and single storey rear extension
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Plenty B
- Postcode
- CM22 7BL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed extension would be 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 of the Green Belt
- if the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether any harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances to justify it
What decided it
The cumulative effect of the proposed extensions combined with previous additions would result in a disproportionate addition to the original modest dwelling, constituting inappropriate Green Belt development that would harm openness, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S6Policy GEN2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
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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