®Planning appeal decision
Front Site, Former Grange Farm, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6DR
the redevelopment to provide residential dwellings with associated amenity space, landscaping, car and cycle parking
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Mileham P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the proposed development would affect the setting of 'Christies' a Grade II Listed Building, and the setting of the Chigwell Conservation Area
- Whether the proposed development with local policies having regard to parking provision
- If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether or not there are any other considerations which clearly outweigh the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to allow the development
What decided it
The proposal represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and character, and these harms are not clearly outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery and reuse of previously-developed land.
The benefits of housing delivery, economic benefits, and reuse of previously-developed land do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to Green Belt openness, the harm to character and appearance, and the failure to provide adequate parking provision.
Framework references: 154, 152, 142
Plan policies cited: Policy DM4, Policy SP2, Policy DM9, Policy DM10, Policy T1, Policy T2
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.