®Planning appeal decision
6 The Old Nursery, Battlesbridge, Wickford, SS11 7HH
Planning appeal 3318425 at 6 The Old Nursery, Battlesbridge, Wickford, SS11 7HH (Chelmsford Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 25 March 2025 by Inspector White P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the proposed developments are or would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
relocation of single storey outbuilding
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- White P
- Postcode
- SS11 7HH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the proposed developments are or would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the developments on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- Whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The harm to the openness of the Green Belt, to which substantial weight must be attributed, is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Chelmsford Local Plan (2020) Strategic Policy S11Chelmsford Local Plan (2020) Policy DM6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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