®Planning appeal decision
Notice upheld24 May 20223284240
Land Adjoining Blenheim Cottage, Bucks Hill, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, WD4 9AS
without planning permission the creation of a new widened access to the land with associated fencing, posts and metal gates ("the works")
- Authority
- Three Rivers District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the widening of the access constitutes inappropriate development, having regard to the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt, the Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect on the character and appearance of the site and its surroundings
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations and whether this would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify granting permission for the widened access
What decided it
The widened access is inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and rural character, with no very special circumstances to justify permission.
Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 148, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy CP11, Policy CP12, Policy DM6
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