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Dismissed11 May 20223286001

40 Valleyside, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2LN

Planning appeal 3286001 at 40 Valleyside, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2LN (Dacorum Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 May 2022 by Inspector Price A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to parking provision.

the change of use to sui generis house of multiple occupancy for more than 6 people

Authority
Dacorum Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Price A
Postcode
HP1 2LN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to parking provision

What decided it

The lack of adequate parking provision would result in additional on-street parking that would impede the free flow of traffic and pedestrians on Valleyside, causing significant harm to highway safety that outweighed the modest benefits of the development.

The modest social and economic benefits of the development were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to highway safety arising from inadequate parking provision, such that the adverse impacts of granting consent would outweigh the benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS12(b) of the Dacorum Borough Core Strategy (2013)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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