®Planning appeal decision
Sunnyside, Inglefield Road, Fobbing, Essex, SS17 9HW
Planning appeal 3369604 at Sunnyside, Inglefield Road, Fobbing, Essex, SS17 9HW (Thurrock Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 October 2025 by Inspector Gardner L, 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 in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt.
4 new detached dwellings with car parking and amenity
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Gardner L
- Postcode
- SS17 9HW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on the safety of the highway network
- whether the proposal could deliver the required mandatory biodiversity net gain
- 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 substantial harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness of development in the Green Belt, together with significant harm to character and appearance and undemonstrated highway safety, are not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight given to housing delivery benefits, so very special circumstances do not exist.
the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm by reason of inappropriateness, together with significant weight to harm to character and appearance and highway safety concerns, were not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight of housing delivery benefits, so very special circumstances do not exist
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CSSP4Policy PMD6Policy PMD2Policy CSTP23Policy PMD9Policy CSTP19Policy PMD7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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