Daxhamen Bassenthwaite Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 3JG

Planning appeal 6002484 at Daxhamen Bassenthwaite Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 3JG (Castle Point Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 May 2026 by Inspector Sylvester G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework.

Retrospective fencing (approximately 60 metres along Bassenthwaite Road frontage, black painted timber boards horizontally laid between timber posts, approximately 1.8 metres high)

Authority: Castle Point Borough Council
Appeal type: other · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other
Inspector: Sylvester G
Postcode: SS7 3JG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework
If inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The fence fails to preserve the openness of the Green Belt and constitutes inappropriate development for which very special circumstances do not exist, as the harm to the Green Belt is not clearly outweighed by the health and safety justifications given that alternative fence designs could achieve comparable safety outcomes with lesser visual impact.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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