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Awes Farm Ingatestone Road, Highwood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3QS
Planning appeal 3315745 at Awes Farm Ingatestone Road, Highwood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3QS (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 November 2023 by Inspector Sylvester G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effects of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.
a planning application for a full livery yard including the construction of a stable block and ménage
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Sylvester G
- Postcode
- CM1 3QS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effects of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- 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 would cause moderate harm to the openness of the Green Belt in spatial and visual terms and would conflict with the Green Belt purpose of safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, and the other considerations advanced did not clearly outweigh this substantial harm to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S11Policy DM6Policy DM10Policy DM21
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 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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