®Planning appeal decision
The View Prospect Road, Hornchurch, RM11 3TY
Planning appeal 3351165 at The View Prospect Road, Hornchurch, RM11 3TY (London Borough of Havering) was decided (invalid) on 23 December 2025 by Inspector Shields T, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of land to use for residential purposes including the stationing of caravans/mobile homes for residential use
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shields T
- Postcode
- RM11 3TY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area
- If inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, amounting to the very special circumstances required to justify the development on either a permanent or temporary basis
What decided it
The classification of the appeal site as 'grey belt' land (removing Green Belt inappropriateness) combined with the substantial weight given to the unmet, undersupplied need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches outweighed the limited residual harm to character and appearance.
the substantial benefit of providing 10 pitches to meet an unmet and undersupplied need for Traveller pitches was not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited residual harm to the character and appearance of the area, so permission was granted
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy G2Policy 11Policy 26Policy 27
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 155Paragraph 11Paragraph 143Paragraph 110Paragraph 115
- Judgments
- Mansi v Elstree RDC [1964] 16 P&CR 153
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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