®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed16 November 20223288510
Land at Barrow Lane, Goffs Oak, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN7 5LT
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
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.
Framework references: 149, 150, 148, 7, 8, 9
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy P01
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.