Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed30 October 20253365618

Fobbing Carp Farm, Fobbing Road, Fobbing, Essex, SS17 9BP

Planning appeal 3365618 at Fobbing Carp Farm, Fobbing Road, Fobbing, Essex, SS17 9BP (Thurrock Borough Council) was dismissed on 30 October 2025 by Inspector Goldberg V, 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 any relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework.

6 x 1+2 bed bungalows for the over 55s

Authority
Thurrock Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Goldberg V
Postcode
SS17 9BP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework
  • the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • whether the proposed vehicular access would be safe
  • whether the proposal would mitigate flood risk
  • the effect of the proposal on the Thames Estuary and Marshes Special Protection Area (SPA)
  • 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 no very special circumstances, as the identified harms (Green Belt inappropriateness, openness impact, character harm, unsafe access, flood risk and SPA effects) are not clearly outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery.

the benefits of six dwellings and housing supply contribution, even when considered with sustainability and biodiversity enhancements and economic benefits, do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt and other identified harms, and very special circumstances do not exist

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CSSP4Policy PMD6Policy CSTP22Policy CSTP23Policy PMD2Policy PMD9Policy CSTP27Policy PMD15
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 156Paragraph 157Paragraph 143Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 193aParagraph 11

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

42 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Thurrock

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Allowed5 October 20266008794
    Milo, South Avenue, Langdon Hills, SS16 6JG
  2. Dismissed29 September 20266009919
    Land Rear of Ewen House, High Road, Fobbing, SS17 9JH
  3. Allowed9 July 20266003807
    Former London Brigade Sports & Social Club, Purfleet Road, Aveley, Thurrock, RM15 4DT
  4. Dismissed8 June 20266005261
    The Laurels, Print Shop And Office Lower Dunton Road, Horndon On The Hill, SS17 8QD
  5. Dismissed5 June 20266004979
    The Eves, Malvina Close, Horndon On The Hill, SS17 8QG

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.