®Planning appeal decision
Lodge Farm, Epping Green, SG13 8NQ
the “Application for permission in principle for one to nine dwellinghouses
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- SG13 8NQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development with reference to whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies with particular regard to openness and the site's location
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal comprises inappropriate development in the Green Belt which would harm its openness, and the site is not in a sustainable location, such that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
the moderate weight of benefits (housing supply contribution, use of previously developed land, economic benefits) did not clearly outweigh the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm and the significant weight given to character and appearance harm and unsustainable location
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 135, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy GBR1, Policy DPS2, Policy VILL3, Policy TRA1, Policy DES4
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.