®Planning appeal decision
The Chalkdrawers Arms PH, Roestock Lane, Colney Heath, St Albans , Hertfordshire , AL4 0PP
described on the application form as: Change of use of public house to create one, three-bedroom dwelling and office accommodation with associated parking, landscaping and external works
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Douglas L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would result in the unacceptable loss of a community facility
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that there is no longer any need for a community facility at the appeal site, combined with the significant weight attached to the harm of losing a valued community facility, outweighs the modest benefits of housing delivery and economic use in the planning balance.
The significant and long-lasting harm from the unacceptable loss of a community facility, assigned significant weight, outweighs the modest social and economic benefits of the proposal (housing delivery, office use, building refurbishment), assigned moderate weight, when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 93, 84, 11
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy 67
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.