®Planning appeal decision
Mascot, Windsor Road, Bowers Gifford, Basildon, Essex, SS13 2LH
Planning appeal 3323463 at Mascot, Windsor Road, Bowers Gifford, Basildon, Essex, SS13 2LH (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 6 March 2024 by Inspector Wallace J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the Framework including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt.
construction of 2no. affordable single storey dwellings inc driveways, parking and private amenity
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wallace J
- Postcode
- SS13 2LH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the Framework including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- whether any 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 absence of a completed planning obligation to secure affordable housing meant the proposal could not comply with paragraph 154(g) of the Framework, the only potentially applicable exception, and the resulting Green Belt harm was not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefit of limited housing delivery contribution and other benefits, such that very special circumstances did not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 143Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154
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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