®Planning appeal decision
The Round Farm, Goatsmoor Lane, Stock, Essex, CM4 9RS
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
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
Framework references: 11, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy DM6, Policy S1, Policy S11
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.