®Planning appeal decision
Allowed13 August 20253367968
Rosemary House, Stapleford Road , Stapleford Abbotts, RM4 1EJ
erection of detached garage
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Bennett T
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, including its effect on openness
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the 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 detached garage qualifies as an extension under NPPF paragraph 154(c) rather than inappropriate development, as it represents a modest, non-disproportionate addition with a close relationship to the existing dwelling.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy DM4
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