Land at Birch Lane, Flaunden, HP3 0PT

Planning appeal 3294485 at Land at Birch Lane, Flaunden, HP3 0PT (Dacorum Borough Council) was allowed on 12 September 2022 by Inspector Martinson P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

described as a new dwelling

Authority: Dacorum Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Martinson P
Postcode: HP3 0PT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
whether the proposed development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants with particular regard to garden provision
whether the 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 qualifies as limited infilling in a village under NPPF paragraph 149(e) and therefore is not inappropriate development in the Green Belt, removing the need to demonstrate very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Dacorum Core Strategy (2013) paragraph 8.34Saved Appendix 3 of the Dacorum Local Plan (2004)
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 149Paragraph 111

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