One of the ongoing Green Belt planning disputes of the past few years has been over the Rose Garden restaurant by the golf driving range by Alderman’s Hill , Hockley. The restaurant has a devoted following of diners, but doesn’t have planning permission, and was refused on Green Belt grounds and for the impact of vehicles on neighbours.
The matter has been to appeal, and the inspector has just upheld the District Council’s refusal.
There seems to be a problem with the planning inspectorate website tonight, so we can’t link to the decision, but here’s a image of the inspector’s conclusions:
