The proposed development is to demolish garden centre shop/office and erect building with 10no Affordable apartments has been dismissed.
The main issues are:
•Whether or not the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework(the Framework), including any relevant effects on the openness of the Green Belt, and with regard to any relevant development plan policies;
•The effect of the development on Upshire Conservation Area which is a heritage asset;
•The effect of the development on existing trees and the potential for future tree planting;
•The effect of the development on the Epping Forest Special Area of Conservation (the SAC);
• If the development is inappropriate, whether or not any 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 proposal in accordance with the Framework.
Garden Centre, Crown Hill, Waltham Abbey