®Planning appeal decision
Three Acres , Motts Green, Little Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7RN
Planning appeal 3355257 at Three Acres , Motts Green, Little Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7RN (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 30 May 2025 by Inspector Jarvis P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
conversion of existing garage to residential with an upward and rear extension to form annexe
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jarvis P
- Postcode
- CM22 7RN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- The effect on the setting of heritage assets
- 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 proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt by reason of disproportionate additions to the existing building, and the appellant's family circumstances, whilst noted, do not amount to very special circumstances sufficient to outweigh the strong public interest in protecting the Green Belt.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 143Paragraph 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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