Field at Greenacre Lane, Stock, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 9PR

Application ref. 25/01194/FUL was originally made for the erection of a cow barn, but it was amended to a hay/feed barn shortly after submission of the application to the LPA

Authority: Chelmsford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: Whitfield H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework
whether there is any other harm that would give rise to conflict with the development plan
if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The proposed barns meet the exception for agricultural buildings under paragraph 154(a) of the Framework and Policy DM6, and therefore do not constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with no other material harm identified.

Framework references: 154

Plan policies cited: Policy DM6, Chapter 13

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