®Planning appeal decision
Land South West Of Warehouse , Highwood Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3PT
outline planning permission for the construction of a new warehouse (Use Class B8) with ancillary office floorspace and including new access, car parking/servicing arrangements
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major retail and services
- Inspector
- Harrison F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal is 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 of the Green Belt, and the purposes of including the land within it
- whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy
- the effect of the proposal on flood risk
- whether 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 is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and purposes, and the moderate benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm to establish very special circumstances.
Framework references: 154, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy DM16, Policy S11, Policy DM6, Policy S1, Policy S7, Policy DM8, Policy DM18
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.