®Planning appeal decision
Land at Church Street, Great Burstead, Essex, CM11 2TP
Planning appeal 3371933 at Land at Church Street, Great Burstead, Essex, CM11 2TP (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 11 December 2025 by Inspector Gee R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular reference to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including its effect on openness.
Permission in Principle for up to 3 no. residential dwellings
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Gee R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular reference to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including its effect on openness
- the effect of the proposal on the setting of the Great Burstead Conservation Area
- if the development is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the setting and significance of the Great Burstead Conservation Area was not outweighed by the public benefits of the proposal, including housing supply contribution.
the less than substantial harm to the designated heritage asset was not outweighed by the public benefits of housing supply contribution and other benefits, which attracted only moderate positive weight
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 142Paragraph 154Paragraph 212Paragraph 215Paragraph 219
- Judgments
- Julian Wood v SSCLG, Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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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