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Dismissed9 September 20253364024

4 Dacre Cottages, Berners Roding Road, Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0SY

Planning appeal 3364024 at 4 Dacre Cottages, Berners Roding Road, Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0SY (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 9 September 2025 by Inspector Bell-Williamson J, 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.

double storey side extension and partial extension with a flat roof. New side covered porch area. New fenestrations

Authority
Epping Forest District Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Bell-Williamson J
Postcode
CM5 0SY

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 on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the surrounding 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 proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with moderate harm to openness, and no very special circumstances exist to justify it, as the only benefit of increased living accommodation is insufficient to outweigh the substantial weight required to be given to Green Belt harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM4Policy DM9
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154

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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