®Planning appeal decision
Rest Harrow, Millers lane, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 6DG
the demolition of existing dwelling houses and garage building on the sites of No 1 and No 2 Rest Harrow and erection of two new dwellinghouses without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref EPF/0028/23, dated 31 March 2023
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Pearce S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the revised design of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The fallback position of the approved scheme for identical-sized dwellings, which would result in the same inappropriate development and Green Belt harm, constitutes a material consideration of sufficient weight to clearly outweigh the harm and establish very special circumstances.
Framework references: 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy DM4
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