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Ramsden Park Farm, Ramsden Park Road, Ramsen Bellhouse Billericay, Essex, CM11 1NR
Planning appeal 3323706 at Ramsden Park Farm, Ramsden Park Road, Ramsen Bellhouse Billericay, Essex, CM11 1NR (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 21 March 2024 by Inspector Cross D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with due regard to openness.
outline application for the conversion of the three existing stables at Ramsden Park Farm into three residential dwellings with all matters reserved except access
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cross D
- Postcode
- CM11 1NR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with due regard to openness
- The effect on the Essex Coastal Recreational Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (RAMS) zone of influence
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the 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 development
What decided it
The projection of domestic curtilage and gardens into the Green Belt fields would harm openness and encroach on the countryside, and this substantial harm was not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefit of three dwellings in an area with no five-year housing land supply.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight benefit of housing delivery, and very special circumstances were not established.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy BAS GB1Saved Policy BAS GB7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 155Paragraph 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.
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