®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Epping Road and School Road, Toot Hill, CM5 9SQ
outline planning application (all matters reserved except for access points to the development proposed) for 10 dwellings, parking, landscaping, associated infrastructure and demolition
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Catcheside E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the setting and significance of nearby listed buildings and non-designated heritage assets
- whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- if the development would be inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt 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 harm caused to the setting and significance of the Grade II listed building 3 and 5 Epping Road, combined with the substantial harm to the Green Belt through inappropriate development and loss of openness, was not clearly outweighed by the public benefits of the proposal, and very special circumstances did not exist to justify the development.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness, together with less than substantial harm to the setting and significance of the Grade II listed building, was not clearly outweighed by the social, economic, and environmental public benefits of delivering ten dwellings, and the very special circumstances necessary to justify inappropriate Green Belt development did not exist.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 143, 154, 155, 156, 158
Plan policies cited: Policy SP5, Policy DM4, Policy DM7, Policy DM9
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.