®Planning appeal decision
46 Chapel Lane, Letty Green, Hertford, SG14 2PA
Planning appeal 3268973 at 46 Chapel Lane, Letty Green, Hertford, SG14 2PA (East Hertfordshire District Council) was dismissed on 11 June 2021 by Inspector Courtney T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy.
the erection of first floor front and side extensions
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Courtney T
- Postcode
- SG14 2PA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the development would be inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The cumulative scale of the extensions, viewed together with previous additions, would subsume the original dwelling and be disproportionate, constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt that causes substantial harm to its openness with no very special circumstances to justify it.
The harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and harm to openness, to which substantial weight must be given, was not clearly outweighed by any other considerations, resulting in dismissal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GBR1Policy VILL3Policy HOU11Policy DES4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 145
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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