Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed22 August 20243338797

Land East of Rayleigh Road, Thundersley, SS7 3NL

Planning appeal 3338797 at Land East of Rayleigh Road, Thundersley, SS7 3NL (Castle Point Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 August 2024 by Inspector Dawe A, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt.

Outline planning application for the development of up to 455 new homes, a new multi-use community hall, land for the provision of a healthcare facility, land for a stand-alone early years and childcare nursery, new vehicular/pedestrian access points from Stadium Way in the north and Daws Heath Road in the south, new greenways and green links, multi-functional open space, green infrastructure, surface water attenuation, landscaping and associated infrastructure. All matters reserved except access

Authority
Castle Point Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Dawe A
Postcode
SS7 3UB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
  • Whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal

What decided it

The cumulative Green Belt harm (inappropriateness, loss of openness and conflict with Green Belt purposes), together with harm to character and appearance and BMVAL loss, was not clearly outweighed by the benefits, so very special circumstances did not exist.

the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, loss of openness, conflict with Green Belt purposes, harm to character and appearance, and limited harm from loss of BMVAL was not clearly outweighed by the substantial and other weighted benefits (housing and affordable housing delivery, economic benefits, biodiversity net gain and community facilities), so very special circumstances did not exist and the balance tipped against the proposal

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 143Paragraph 180

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

127 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Castle Point

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

  1. Dismissed6 October 20266009589
    1 Mount Zion, Castle Lane, Hadleigh, SS7 2AR
  2. Allowed14 September 20266007184
    Land South Of Daws Heath Road, Thundersley, SS7 2TA
  3. Dismissed27 May 20266002484
    Daxhamen Bassenthwaite Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 3JG
  4. Quashed On Legal Grounds30 April 20263335033
    Mount View , Rhoda Road, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1HZ
  5. Allowed6 February 20266001753
    Homestead, Canvey Road, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 0QD

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.