Gleeson Land entered into a Planning Performance Agreement and worked very closely with Basildon Borough Council to develop a well-designed scheme.
Gleeson Land successfully promoted this Green Belt site and secured planning permission at Appeal.
Gleeson Land entered into a Planning Performance Agreement and worked very closely with the Council to develop a well-designed scheme. All technical issues were resolved during the subsequent application, leaving the principle of development within the Green Belt as the outstanding issue.
Prior to the local plan being withdrawn, the Council were intending to grant planning permission at the earliest opportunity. Due to the strength of the case and the Council’s substantial housing supply shortfall, Gleeson Land decided to appeal via the Public Inquiry route. The Inspector granted planning permission in December 2022. In doing so, the case was accepted in every aspect, concluding that Very Special Circumstances outweighed the harm to Green Belt, stating that there was no justified basis to resist the Appeal proposal.
8 Ha
Up to 200
Hill Residential
Basildon Borough Council