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Allowed7 October 20266009911

Place Farm, Place Farm Lane, Doddinghurst, CM15 0JA

Planning appeal 6009911 at Place Farm, Place Farm Lane, Doddinghurst, CM15 0JA (Brentwood) was allowed on 7 October 2026, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate in the Green Belt, having regard to whether the impact on the openness of the Green Belt is minimised and whether there would be significant conflict with the Green Belt purposes.

Proposed earth bund for security purposes that does not seek to retain, regularise, amend, extend or otherwise rely upon any earthworks that are subject to enforcement on this site, but which is an entirely separate and independent development that has nothing in common with the action presently being taken by Essex County Council. The bund will be formed from clean soil derived from the site and is submitted to Brentwood Borough Council in accordance with the express written instruction of Essex County Council. Accordingly, the proposal does not involve development that is subject to an extant enforcement notice

Authority
Brentwood
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Hearing
Development
other
Postcode
CM15 0JA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate in the Green Belt, having regard to whether the impact on the openness of the Green Belt is minimised and whether there would be significant conflict with the Green Belt purposes.

What decided it

The Inspector found that the impact of the bund on openness would be minimised and that it would not result in significant conflict with the Green Belt purpose of safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, so the development was not inappropriate in the Green Belt.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy MG02
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy GB7Policy GB2Policy N2

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