®Planning appeal decision
Land to the rear of 76-80 Oakwood Road, Bricket Wood, ST. ALBANS, AL2 3QA
6 x 3 bedroom dwellings, access, landscaping and all enabling works
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the siting of the proposed dwellings would lead to future pressure from occupants to prune or remove surrounding trees, and if so, the effect of this on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites, combined with the finding that the proposal would not lead to demonstrable harm to trees or character and appearance, engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d), and no adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery.
The substantial benefits of delivering six dwellings at a time when the Council cannot demonstrate a five-year housing supply outweighed the minor concerns raised, with no significant adverse impacts identified that would significantly and demonstrably outweigh those benefits
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 69, Policy 70, Policy 74
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment (1982) JLP 37
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.