®Planning appeal decision
Bramleys Foster Street, Harlow, CM17 9HS
Planning appeal 3340205 at Bramleys Foster Street, Harlow, CM17 9HS (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 14 November 2024 by Inspector Manchester S, 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 the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
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- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Manchester S
- Postcode
- CM17 9HS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal 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 of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness 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 would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, as the harm to openness and character and appearance was not outweighed by any other material considerations.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness, together with moderate harm to character and appearance, was not outweighed by limited benefits including negligible housing contribution, limited economic benefits, and limited weight to personal circumstances and fallback position.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM4Policy SP5Policy DM9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 154Paragraph 8
- Judgments
- Vision Engineering Ltd v SoS and Guildford Borough Council
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 appliedThe decision letter
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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.