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Allowed23 October 20253364836

Land Rear of 17 Hillside Road, Hockley, Essex, SS5 4RT

Planning appeal 3364836 at Land Rear of 17 Hillside Road, Hockley, Essex, SS5 4RT (Rochford District Council) was allowed on 23 October 2025 by Inspector Burley P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal scheme would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

‘Demolish existing outbuildings and construct a new build 3-bedroom detached bungalow with 2 private driveway car parking spaces. Utilise existing vehicular access off Crown Road’

Authority
Rochford District Council
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Unknown
Inspector
Burley P
Postcode
SS5 4RT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal scheme would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt

What decided it

The appeal scheme would not cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt and therefore would not be inappropriate development, and given the Council's housing land supply deficit, the benefits of housing delivery outweighed any other considerations.

The Council's lack of five-year housing land supply engaged paragraph 11(d) of the Framework; the Inspector attached significant weight to the delivery of a single dwellinghouse and found no adverse impacts that would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, allowing the appeal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
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National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 153Paragraph 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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