®Planning appeal decision
The Round Farm, Goatsmoor Lane, Stock, Essex, CM4 9RS
Planning appeal 3373981 at The Round Farm, Goatsmoor Lane, Stock, Essex, CM4 9RS (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 21 April 2026 by Inspector Ellis D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
change of use of the existing summer house on agricultural land to a commercial dog grooming salon (Use Class E)
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ellis D
- Postcode
- CM4 9RS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024)
- the effect of the proposal upon the openness of the Green Belt
- if it 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 it
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt and the very special circumstances necessary to justify it do not exist, which represents a strong reason to refuse the development under paragraph 11d) of the Framework.
the harm caused by inappropriateness in the Green Belt, to which substantial weight was attached, was not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of local services and employment and the very limited weight of the permitted development fallback
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM6Policy S1Policy S11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 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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