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Dismissed27 January 20253339583

Magnolia Lodge, Lower Road, Hockley, SS5 5LD

Planning appeal 3339583 at Magnolia Lodge, Lower Road, Hockley, SS5 5LD (Rochford District Council) was dismissed on 27 January 2025 by Inspector Savage K, 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 relevant development plan policies, the provisions of the Framework and the effect on the openness of the Green Belt.

new residential development of 3 x three bedroom detached houses on a previously developed site formally occupied by a light industrial business. Change of use from B1(c) Offices to C3 Dwelling houses

Authority
Rochford District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Savage K
Postcode
SS5 5LD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policies, the provisions of the Framework and the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area
  • Whether the proposal would provide a suitable standard of accommodation for future occupants, with respect to noise from adjacent uses
  • The effect of the proposal on protected habitats sites
  • If the proposal would be inappropriate development whether the harm 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 it

What decided it

The failure to secure mitigation for adverse effects on the Crouch & Roach Estuary Special Protection Areas and RAMSAR sites through a binding mechanism, combined with the absence of overriding public interest justification, was the decisive issue in refusing the appeal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GB1Policy CP1Policy DM1Policy DM3Policy ENV1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 11

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