597 Ashingdon Road, ROCHFORD, SS4 3JF

the retention of an existing outbuilding labelled 'A' and the proposed alteration to an existing outbuilding labelled 'B' part retrospective

Authority: Rochford District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Hall C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development represents inappropriate development within the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
If the development does amount to inappropriate development, the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
If the development does amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other material considerations, such that very special circumstances exist to warrant a grant of permission

What decided it

The cumulative scale and bulk of the outbuildings are disproportionate to the original dwelling and constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt that causes harm to openness which is not clearly outweighed by other material considerations.

Framework references: 153, 154

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