Paslow Hall Farm, King Street, Ongar, Essex, CM5 9NS

the construction of a new industrial unit for general industrial use (B1, B2 and B3)

Authority: Epping Forest District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Gilbert-Wooldridge T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the NPPF and any relevant development plan policies
If the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of its inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The moderate harm to Green Belt openness caused by the 15% increase in building footprint, which is not clearly outweighed by the employment and brownfield land benefits.

Framework references: 11, 88, 124, 142, 143, 152, 153, 154

Plan policies cited: Policy DM4

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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