®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To The Delves, Lower Road, Mountnessing, Essex, CM15 0TR
the erection of one infill dwelling
- Authority
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Francis L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- 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 site lies outside the village of Mountnessing and therefore cannot benefit from the limited infilling exception in paragraph 154(e) of the Framework, making the proposal inappropriate development in the Green Belt that cannot be justified by very special circumstances.
The limited benefits arising from the provision of an additional dwelling do not clearly outweigh the harm from inappropriateness and the significant harm to character and appearance, so very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 143, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy MG02, Policy BE14, Policy NE07
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