®Planning appeal decision
108 Lower Luton Road, Wheathampstead, ST. ALBANS, AL4 8HH
a single storey rear extension
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Douglas L
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 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 proposal would create disproportionate additions to the original building in breach of paragraph 149 of the Framework and Saved Policy 13 of the Local Plan, and the modest benefits did not constitute very special circumstances to outweigh the substantial weight required to be given to Green Belt harm.
Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy 1 of the St Albans District Local Plan Review (1994), Saved Policy 13 of the St Albans District Local Plan Review (1994)
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.