®Planning appeal decision
Land at Barrow Lane, Goffs Oak, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN7 5LT
Planning appeal 3288510 at Land at Barrow Lane, Goffs Oak, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN7 5LT (Broxbourne Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 November 2022 by Inspector Shearing C, 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 the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
use of site as a specialist retreat for young people suffering with a cancer diagnosis, including the erection of a new retreat house
- Authority
- Broxbourne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shearing C
- Postcode
- EN7 5LT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the Unilateral Undertaking is adequate to regulate the delivery and operation of the development
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness of the development, which must be given substantial weight, was not clearly outweighed by the social and economic benefits of the charity's facility.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy P01
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 148Paragraph 7Paragraph 8Paragraph 9
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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