®Planning appeal decision
Land Between Crayside Kennels And Westleigh, Oak Road, Billericay, CM11 2YL
Planning appeal 6005434 at Land Between Crayside Kennels And Westleigh, Oak Road, Billericay, CM11 2YL (Basildon Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 June 2026 by Inspector L Gardner, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to whether the appeal site is grey belt and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt, and whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances.
residential development comprising between 5 and 9 units
- Authority
- Basildon Borough Council
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- L Gardner
- Postcode
- CM11 2YL
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 particular regard to whether the appeal site is grey belt and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt, and whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The appeal site cannot be said to have access to a genuine choice of transport modes and would not be in a sustainable location for the purposes of paragraph 155(c) of the Framework, meaning the grey belt exception does not apply and the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt with substantial harm to openness that is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness is not clearly outweighed by other considerations including moderate weight for housing delivery benefits and considerable weight for economic and social benefits, therefore very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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