®Planning appeal decision
Bowercombe, Great Burches Road, Thundersley Benfleet, Essex, SS7 3NA
the erection of a single-storey detached dwelling, with rooms in the roof and a basement, layout landscaping and parking
- Authority
- Castle Point Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Clarke B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal represents an inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the development upon the openness of the Green Belt
- whether appropriate living conditions would be secured for the future occupiers of the development, with particular regard to light and outlook
- whether any 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 substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and erosion of openness is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and therefore very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and erosion of openness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations (fallback position, design character, housing supply, and economic benefits), which carried only moderate or limited weight, and therefore very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 142, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy GB4 of the Castle Point Local Plan (1998), Policy EC2 of the Local Plan
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.