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Dismissed8 February 20233281473

Oxhey Road, Watford, WD19 4QE

Planning appeal 3281473 at Oxhey Road, Watford, WD19 4QE (Watford Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 February 2023 by Inspector Fallon R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode
WD19 4QE

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy QD6.2Policy QD6.4Policy NE9.1Policy NE9.2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 130Paragraph 131Paragraph 135

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