®Planning appeal decision
Oxhey Road, Watford, WD19 4QE
Variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings), Condition 6 (design details), Condition 9 (electric charging points) and Condition 14 (non-vision panels) of planning permissions 19/00703/VAR and 18/00323/FULM for the demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings and redevelopment into 10 no. apartments (Use Class C3) with associated car parking, landscaping improvements, new accesses onto Oxhey Road and Hollybush Close and other associated external alterations, without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 19/01411/VAR, dated 2 April 2020
- Authority
- Watford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Fallon R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of varying the hard and soft landscaping details referred to in condition 8 on the living conditions of future occupiers and character & appearance of the host building and surrounding area
What decided it
The revised landscaping scheme contains insufficient soft landscaping and tree planting to mitigate the hard appearance of the development and would fail to integrate it with the verdant character of the surrounding area, thereby harming the character and appearance of the host building and wider area in conflict with development plan policies and the Framework.
Framework references: 130, 131, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy QD6.2, Policy QD6.4, Policy NE9.1, Policy NE9.2
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