Orchards Roxwell Road, Writtle, CHELMSFORD, Essex, CM1 3SA

timber cabin garden building and adjacent timber viewing deck within the garden of an existing dwelling

Authority: Chelmsford Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Storey P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposals would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and if so, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations that would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposals
Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to access to services and sustainable transport (Appeal B only)

What decided it

The substantial weight required to be given to harm to the Green Belt by NPPF paragraph 153 could not be outweighed by the considerations advanced, as the proposals would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt without very special circumstances.

Framework references: 152, 153, 154, 109, 116

Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S7, Policy S11, Policy DM6

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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