Policy information sourced from the Combined Policies of Epping Forest District Local Plan (1998) and Alterations (2006).

GB15A Replacement Dwellings

The replacement of existing permanent dwellings in the Green Belt, on a one for one basis, may be permitted where the new dwelling will:

  1. not be materially greater in volume than that which it would replace; and
  2. not have a greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the original dwelling; and
  3. not result in the size of the private or cultivated garden of the replacement dwelling exceeding that which it replaces.

Where the existing dwelling has already been extended, permitted development rights on the new dwelling will be removed to prevent further extensions or outbuildings.

For more information, please see the Combined Policies document