1, Shelley Rectory, Fyfield, Essex, CM5 0HQ

permission in principle for two bungalows

Authority: Epping Forest District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Bayliss G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the proposal would be habitats development under Article 5B(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended)
Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies

What decided it

The proposal constitutes habitats development under Article 5B(1) of the Permission in Principle Order because the necessary mitigation measures to protect the Epping Forest Special Area of Conservation cannot be secured at the permission in principle stage, leaving no certainty that adverse effects on the site's integrity would be avoided.

Framework references: 154, 155

Plan policies cited: DM1, DM2, DM4, DM9, SP5

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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