Seabrights Cottage, 192 Galleywood Road, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8NB

Planning appeal 3327519 at Seabrights Cottage, 192 Galleywood Road, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8NB (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 July 2024 by Inspector Fleming L, 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 National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy.

outline application: Proposed demolition of an existing double garage, glasshouse and associated hardstanding; to be replaced with a new dwelling (C3) of a lesser built footprint

Authority: Chelmsford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Fleming L
Postcode: CM2 8NB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy.
The effect of the proposal on highway safety.
If the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, openness 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 proposal's status as inappropriate development in the Green Belt, combined with unresolved highway safety concerns regarding visibility and access, could not be justified by very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy S11Policy DM6Policy DM9Policy DM24
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154Paragraph 114

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