®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Mount Stephen, Radley Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM4 0LR
Planning appeal 3371704 at Land Adjacent to Mount Stephen, Radley Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM4 0LR (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 December 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, 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 the National Planning Policy Framework 2024 and relevant development plan policies.
Proposed 1 No. bungalow with detached garage
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Phillips A
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 2024 and relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- 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 is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to meet the sustainability requirements of paragraph 155 of the Framework and the identified benefits do not amount to very special circumstances to justify the development.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt through inappropriateness and moderate harm to openness and sustainability were not outweighed by the limited benefits of potential self-build status, local economic benefit during construction, and higher environmental standards.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S11Policy S1Policy S7Policy DM23
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 117Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 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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