Laurels The Heath, Hatfield Heath, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7AB

Planning appeal 3364598 at Laurels The Heath, Hatfield Heath, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7AB (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 4 July 2025 by Inspector Ellis G, 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 any relevant development plan policies.

a two store y and single storey side addition to existing dwelling

Authority: Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Ellis G
Postcode: CM22 7AB

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 any relevant development plan policies
the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The cumulative scale and massing of the proposed extensions would constitute disproportionate additions to the original building, making the development inappropriate in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy S6
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 154

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