Hicks Farm Lodge, Holliday Hill, West Hanningfield, Essex, CM2 8UG

Planning appeal 3318893 at Hicks Farm Lodge, Holliday Hill, West Hanningfield, Essex, CM2 8UG (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 December 2023 by Inspector Caines A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.

extension of single-storey bedroom on side of existing building, plus a small open porch on the front of the bungalow. Exterior to match the existing building

Authority: Chelmsford Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Caines A
Postcode: CM2 8UG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework
The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal results in a disproportionate addition to the original building in the Green Belt with harm to openness that is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and therefore very special circumstances do not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DM11
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 149

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