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Hitchin Caravans Ltd, The Rose Gardens, Cambridge Road, , Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0JX
Planning appeal 3250187 at Hitchin Caravans Ltd, The Rose Gardens, Cambridge Road, , Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0JX (North Hertfordshire District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 22 July 2021 by Inspector Higenbottam H, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies.
Without planning permission, the change of use of agricultural or horticultural land to B8 Storage use for Caravans and Motorhomes
- Authority
- North Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Higenbottam H
- Postcode
- SG4 0JX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The harm to the openness and purposes of the Green Belt was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist.
the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, together with the harm to openness and Green Belt purposes, was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations (business need, employment, security) advanced by the appellant, so very special circumstances did not exist
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2Policy SP5Policy ETC2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 150Paragraph 146
- Judgments
- Burdle and Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; Hertsmere BC v SSE & Percy [1991] JPL 552
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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