®Planning appeal decision
The View Prospect Road, HORNCHURCH, RM11 3TY
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
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
Framework references: 155, 11, 143, 110, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy G2, Policy 11, Policy 26, Policy 27
Judgments cited: Mansi v Elstree RDC [1964] 16 P&CR 153
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.