®Planning appeal decision
Nup End Farm House, Nup End, Old Knebworth, SG3 6QJ
Planning appeal 3274409 at Nup End Farm House, Nup End, Old Knebworth, SG3 6QJ (North Hertfordshire District Council) was allowed on 18 March 2022 by Inspector Johnson W, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
the erection of one 4-bed and two 3-bed detached dwellings including alterations to existing access
- Authority
- North Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Johnson W
- Postcode
- SG3 6QJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing having regard to the accessibility of services and facilities
What decided it
The site's physical and visual relationship to Old Knebworth as a settlement, combined with the absence of Green Belt harm and the significant contribution to housing supply in a context of severe supply shortfall, justified allowing the appeal.
The provision of family homes, economic benefits during construction and occupation, and modest but important contribution to the Council's 5-year housing land supply (1.47 years) outweighed the absence of any adverse effects from the proposed development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- saved DLP Policy 2saved DLP Policy 3emerging LP Policy D1emerging LP Policy SP1emerging LP Policy SP2emerging LP Policy SP5emerging LP Policy SP6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 80Paragraph 79Paragraph 105Paragraph 56Paragraph 54
- Judgments
- Wood v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWCA Civ 195 (09 February 2015)
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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