®Planning appeal decision
200 Brentwood Road, Herongate, Brentwood, CM13 3PN
Planning appeal 3364045 at 200 Brentwood Road, Herongate, Brentwood, CM13 3PN (Brentwood Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 September 2025 by Inspector Goldberg V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development having regard to relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework.
the partial redevelopment of the site to provide nine new residential dwellings and associated access and landscaping works
- Authority
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Goldberg V
- Postcode
- CM13 3PN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development having regard to relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework
- 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 that would cause substantial harm to openness, and the benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm such that very special circumstances exist to justify it.
The benefits of providing nine dwellings do not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt arising from inappropriateness and significant harm to openness, therefore very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy MG02Policy BE14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 156Paragraph 157
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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