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Allowed25 September 20266007335

Lawn Cottage, Wakering Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0PY

Planning appeal 6007335 at Lawn Cottage, Wakering Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0PY (Southend-on-Sea Borough Council) was allowed on 25 September 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies.

Authority
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
employment-industrial
Postcode
SS3 0PY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies

What decided it

The development would not cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt and therefore qualifies as permitted redevelopment of previously developed land under Framework Policy GB7(1)(e), making it not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

The Framework's support for redevelopment of previously developed land in the Green Belt outweighed the local plan policy seeking to maintain openness, as the local policy is inconsistent with the national framework on this matter.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy KP1
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy GB6Policy GB7

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