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Latchings Latchmore Bank, Little Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7PH
Planning appeal 3336789 at Latchings Latchmore Bank, Little Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7PH (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 16 September 2024 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
conversion of residential outbuilding to self- contained dwelling, with associated curtilage, car parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Shearing C
- Postcode
- CM22 7PH
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 proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any 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 proposal's status as inappropriate development in the Green Belt, combined with moderate harm to openness, could not be justified by the limited housing and economic benefits, as the very special circumstances test was not met.
The limited benefits of housing delivery and economic contribution did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and moderate harm to openness, therefore very special circumstances did not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S6 of the Uttlesford Local Plan 2005
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- Turner v SSCLG & East Dorset Council [2016] EWCA Civ 466
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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