®Planning appeal decision
SUNNYSIDE, INGLEFIELD ROAD, FOBBING, ESSEX, SS17 9HW
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
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
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy CSSP4, Policy PMD6, Policy PMD2, Policy CSTP23, Policy PMD9, Policy CSTP19, Policy PMD7
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.