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Dismissed11 February 20253346217

Oakwood, Branksome Avenue, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0JU

Planning appeal 3346217 at Oakwood, Branksome Avenue, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0JU (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 11 February 2025 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on Blackwater Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA).

single dwelling with associated amenity space and parking

Authority
Basildon District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hobbs J
Postcode
SS12 0JU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on Blackwater Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA)
  • whether the proposal 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
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • 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 harmful effect on the Blackwater Estuary SPA combined with inappropriate Green Belt development and harm to character and appearance, which are not clearly outweighed by the housing benefits, means very special circumstances do not exist.

the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and openness, and harm to character and appearance, is not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight ascribed to housing delivery and other considerations

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BAS GB1Policy BAS BE12
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 187

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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