®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed4 February 20253346990
Mantin, Harlow Common, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9ND
‘retrospective planning application: change of use of existing domestic swimming pool to mixed-use of domestic (use class C3) and community use (use class F2(d))’
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wright A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The harm to Green Belt openness by reason of inappropriateness, combined with unacceptable harm to neighbouring living conditions through noise and disturbance, is not clearly outweighed by the recreation, health and economic benefits of the facility.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy DM4, Policy DM9
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