®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Highfield and Roma, Inglefield Road, Fobbing, Essex, SS17 9HW
construction of new dwelling and associated works including vehicle access, car parking, cycle storage and hard and soft landscaping
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Reid L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- 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 would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt resulting in loss of openness, and the benefits of housing delivery and other considerations would not clearly outweigh this substantial harm to justify very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight given to housing delivery and the limited to minimal weight of economic, social and other benefits, so very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 143, 154, 155, 232
Plan policies cited: Policy CSSP1, Policy CSSP4, Policy PMD6, Policy CSTP22, Policy CSTP23, Policy PMD2
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.