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Dismissed13 November 20243337464

Glen Lodge, Glen Road, Benfleet, SS7 1AN

Planning appeal 3337464 at Glen Lodge, Glen Road, Benfleet, SS7 1AN (Castle Point Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 November 2024 by Inspector Glassar S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

alterations and extensions to convert existing storage outbuildings into 1No. self-contained dwelling

Authority
Castle Point Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Glassar S
Postcode
SS7 1AN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the proposal on the openness and the purpose of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
  • The effect of the proposed development on the Benfleet and Southend Marshes and the Blackwater estuary
  • 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 constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm that is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and the absence of a secured mitigation mechanism for protected habitat impacts means the Habitats Regulations cannot be satisfied.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EC2RDG1
National Planning Policy Framework
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