®Planning appeal decision
14 Starlight Way, ST. ALBANS, AL4 0JP
described on the application form as “Erection of a detached three bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Fallon R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on living conditions, with specific regard to amenity space provision for future occupiers of the proposed dwelling, and privacy & visual impact to neighbouring occupiers at Nos 14 and 16 Starlight Way
- the effect of the development on protected trees
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and if so, the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The harm to living conditions of future and neighbouring occupiers, combined with inappropriate Green Belt development, is not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of a single dwelling.
the limited benefits from housing delivery, economic activity and accessibility to elderly people do not clearly outweigh the substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the harm to living conditions of future and neighbouring occupiers
Framework references: 11, 130, 147, 148, 149, 150, 219
Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 69, Policy 70, Policy 74
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.