®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent Starlight, Patricia Drive, Fobbing, Essex, SS17 9HR
Outline planning permission for construction of 4 self and custom dwellinghouses in a phased manner with all matters reserved
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect on highway safety
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause significant harm to openness and purposes, combined with unresolved highway safety concerns, and the benefits from housing and self-build provision do not clearly outweigh these harms to constitute very special circumstances.
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt and openness, combined with significant weight to highway safety concerns, was not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight attributed to benefits from housing supply and self-build provision, resulting in a conclusion that very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 63, 73, 110, 115, 116, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy CSSP4, Policy PMD6, Policy PMD9, Policy PMD2
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.