Brentwood BC v SoS Environment and Gray
Brentwood BC v SoS Environment and Gray
- 1996
- Property and Compensation Reports [1996] 72 P&CR 61-69(5) .
QBD 1 March 1996. G owned a house which lay within the metropolitan green belt and a Special Landscape Area. An outbuilding was erected 2 metres away from the house. An application for planning permission was refused on the grounds that the building was in a metropolitan green belt and that the building was detrimental to the surrounding character and visual amenities. G appealed against the refusal of planning permission and the subsequent enforcement notice. Inspector quashed the enforcement notice and allowed planning permission. SoS challenged his decision. "Held" the Inspector`s decision was defective. He failed properly to understand and apply relevant policy.
BRENTWOOD BC V SOS ENVIRONMENT AND GRAY
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER
GREEN BELT
OUTBUILDINGS
PLANNING PERMISSION
PLANNING POLICY GUIDANCE NOTE 2 (GREEN BELTS)
REFUSAL
SPECIAL LANDSCAPE AREAS
VERY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
QBD 1 March 1996. G owned a house which lay within the metropolitan green belt and a Special Landscape Area. An outbuilding was erected 2 metres away from the house. An application for planning permission was refused on the grounds that the building was in a metropolitan green belt and that the building was detrimental to the surrounding character and visual amenities. G appealed against the refusal of planning permission and the subsequent enforcement notice. Inspector quashed the enforcement notice and allowed planning permission. SoS challenged his decision. "Held" the Inspector`s decision was defective. He failed properly to understand and apply relevant policy.
BRENTWOOD BC V SOS ENVIRONMENT AND GRAY
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER
GREEN BELT
OUTBUILDINGS
PLANNING PERMISSION
PLANNING POLICY GUIDANCE NOTE 2 (GREEN BELTS)
REFUSAL
SPECIAL LANDSCAPE AREAS
VERY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES