®Planning appeal decision
Shooters Lodge, Putteridge Park, Offley, Hertfordshire, LU2 8LD
Planning appeal 3296427 at Shooters Lodge, Putteridge Park, Offley, Hertfordshire, LU2 8LD (North Hertfordshire District Council) was dismissed on 14 February 2023 by Inspector Preston C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy.
a proposed single storey side extension to provide an oak framed conservatory
- Authority
- North Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Preston C
- Postcode
- LU2 8LD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area, including Putteridge Bury historic park and garden
- If the proposal does amount to inappropriate development within the Green Belt, whether the harm by way of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations such as to amount to the very special circumstances needed to justify the development
What decided it
The cumulative scale and coverage of extensions and outbuildings, when combined with the proposed conservatory, would constitute a disproportionate addition to the original building, and no very special circumstances were advanced to outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy 2 of the North Hertfordshire District Local Plan (1996)Policy SP5 of the emerging Local PlanSaved Policy LP19 of the Local PlanPolicy HE1 of the emerging Local Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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