The Stables, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Stapleford Abbots, RM4 1ER

New dwelling in place of the existing stable block

Authority: Epping Forest District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Szymanski D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development upon the Epping Forest Special Area of Conservation (the SAC) as a designated habitats site

What decided it

The proposal would result in likely significant effects upon the integrity of the Epping Forest SAC through recreational disturbance and atmospheric pollution, and no appropriate mitigation was secured, which under section 63(5) of the Habitats Regulations precludes the development from proceeding.

the limited benefits of housing delivery, Green Belt openness improvement, and character enhancement were significantly outweighed by the high-order harm to the SAC's integrity from unmitigated recreational disturbance and atmospheric pollution

Framework references: 187, 11

Plan policies cited: Policy DM2, Policy DM22

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