1-3 The Mead, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1XZ

Planning appeal 3271917 at 1-3 The Mead, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1XZ (North Hertfordshire District Council) was allowed on 30 September 2021 by Inspector Murray D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of first floor flats above 1-3 The Mead.

the part change of use from retail (Use Class A1) to Hot Food Takeaway (Use Class A5) and installation of an extraction system

Authority: North Hertfordshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: retail · Change of use
Inspector: Murray D
Postcode: SG5 1XZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of first floor flats above 1-3 The Mead
The effect on the character and appearance of the host property and the surrounding area

What decided it

The modification to the external flue design with brick effect cladding and simplified alignment removed the character and appearance harm identified in the previous appeal, and proper conditioning of extraction and filtration systems addressed living conditions concerns.

The benefits of the proposed change of use, supported by compliance with development plan policies and NPPF guidance, outweighed the concerns raised by the local community which lacked clear evidence of inevitable harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 8Policy 57Policy D3Policy SP9Policy D1

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

48 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in North Hertfordshire

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2021

Allowed7 July 20266004178
Land off Barkway Road and North of Flint Hall, Barkway Road, Easting: 536403; Northing: 239870, Royston, SG8 9DF
Allowed4 March 20266000934
Pulmer Water Caravan Site, St Albans Road, Codicote, Hertfordshire, SG4 8SP
Dismissed11 September 20253358840
Land to the East of Old Hale Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0SA
Allowed15 July 20253359065
Land North East of Wandon End, North Hertfordshire, LU2 8PS
Allowed20 May 20253347949
Land East of Rhee Spring And Orwell View, Royston Road, Baldock, SG7 6PL

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.