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Quashed On Legal Grounds23 December 20253316044

Land Known As View 1, The Track, Prospect Road, Hornchurch, RM11 3TY

Planning appeal 3316044 at Land Known As View 1, The Track, Prospect Road, Hornchurch, RM11 3TY (London Borough of Havering) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 23 December 2025 by Inspector Shields T, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

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
Postcode
RM11 3TY

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)

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy G2Policy 11Policy 26Policy 27
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 143Paragraph 155Paragraph 110Paragraph 115
Judgments
Mansi v Elstree RDC [1964] 16 P&CR 153

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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