®Planning appeal decision
Flaunden Stables, Birch Lane, Flaunden, HP3 0PT
Planning appeal 3288470 at Flaunden Stables, Birch Lane, Flaunden, HP3 0PT (Dacorum Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 October 2022 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to relevant development plan policy and the Framework.
a front extension within the courtyard, conversion of stable building to residential use and changes to fenestration
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- HP3 0PT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to relevant development plan policy and the Framework
- its effect on the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation
- whether the proposal would support the rural economy
- its effect on the character and appearance of Flaunden Conservation Area and the countryside
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would fail to preserve openness and would adversely affect the integrity of the Chilterns Beechwoods SAC, and these harms were not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of providing a single dwelling.
The substantial weight given to the harm from inappropriate Green Belt development and the harm to the SAC was not outweighed by the limited social, economic and environmental benefits of providing a single dwelling on brownfield land, such that very special circumstances did not exist and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS5Policy CS10Policy CS12Policy CS26Policy CS27saved Policy 110
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 79Paragraph 84Paragraph 130Paragraph 138Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 174Paragraph 180Paragraph 182Paragraph 189Paragraph 199
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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