®Planning appeal decision
Ongar Garden Centre, Ongar Road, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, CM15 0LB
an outline application for the demolition of the existing commercial units and construction of new replacement commercial buildings (Class E and Class B2) - appearance, landscaping, layout and scale are reserved matters
- Authority
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Prentis D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
- the effect of the proposal on flood risk
- the effect of the proposal on the historic environment
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, such as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify development in the Green Belt
What decided it
The proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt with a significantly greater impact on openness than the existing development, and the economic benefits do not amount to very special circumstances sufficient to justify the development.
Framework references: 11, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy MG02, Policy BE08, Policy BE12, Policy BE05, Policy BE14, Policy NE09, Policy BE16, Policy BE09, Policy PC10
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.