®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed12 August 20243336503
Hillside Nursery, Sedge Green, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JS
change of use of the site from horticulture (Use Class Sui Generis) to a site for storage purposes (Use Class B8)
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Chalk M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development proposed would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect on openness, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to local and national policies regarding sustainable transport
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to development plan policies that seek to promote compatible uses on Lea Valley glasshouse sites
- Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing moderate loss of openness, and the identified benefits do not amount to very special circumstances sufficient to outweigh this harm and other identified harms.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM4, Policy SP5, Policy T1, Policy DM9, Policy E3, Policy SP4
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.