®Planning appeal decision
Land known as View 1, The Track, Prospect Road, Hornchurch, RM11 3TY
Without planning permission, the material change of use of land to use for residential purposes including the stationing of caravans/mobile homes for residential use
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Shields T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area
- If inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, amounting to the very special circumstances required to justify the development on either a permanent or temporary basis
What decided it
The unmet need for Traveller pitches and the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year supply, which attracted substantial weight under the tilted balance and outweighed the limited residual harm to character and appearance.
the substantial benefit of providing 10 Traveller pitches to meet an acknowledged unmet need, combined with only little weight given to the unauthorised nature of the development, outweighed the limited residual harm to character and appearance, such that adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under paragraph 11(d)(ii)
Framework references: 11, 143, 155, 110, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy G2, Policy 11, Policy 26, Policy 27
Judgments cited: Mansi v Elstree RDC [1964] 16 P&CR 153
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.