®Planning appeal decision
Land east of Ilfracombe Avenue, SS13 2DT, Bowers Gifford
Outline planning application for a new 70 bed care home, 42 assisted living units and 13 retirement bungalows/villas (all Use Class C2), together with vehicular access onto Ilfracombe Avenue, a new school parking area for parents and pupils of St. Margaret’s C of E Primary School, new nature area, landscaping and communal facilities including a Day Care Centre and cinema room. All matters reserved except for access
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Simpson L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.
- Whether the harm to the Green Belt 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 extensive housing land supply and specialist elderly accommodation benefits clearly outweighed the identified Green Belt harm, establishing the very special circumstances needed to justify the inappropriate development.
the substantial harm to the Green Belt was clearly outweighed by the extensive and wide-ranging benefits (principally housing land supply and specialist accommodation need), amounting to very special circumstances, and the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under the Framework taken as a whole
Framework references: 11, 57, 66, 142, 143, 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy BAS GB1, Policy BAS BE12, Policy BAS S5
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.