®Planning appeal decision
Burches Riding School, Great Burches Road, Benfleet, SS7 3NE
Planning appeal 3345623 at Burches Riding School, Great Burches Road, Benfleet, SS7 3NE (Castle Point Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 November 2024 by Inspector Glassar S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
the removal of all existing equestrian buildings, engineered surfaces and storage compounds and construction of 5no. family dwelling houses
- Authority
- Castle Point Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Glassar S
- Postcode
- SS7 3NE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether any 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 visual impact of the concentrated residential development would result in a greater adverse loss of openness than the existing equestrian use, and the benefits of housing delivery did not clearly outweigh this substantial Green Belt harm.
The significant weight given to housing delivery in circumstances of shortfall was insufficient to clearly outweigh the substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the absence of very special circumstances, resulting in dismissal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EC2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 124Paragraph 11
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.
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