Planning appeal decision
Fredericks Wood, Coursers Road, Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, AL4 0PB
Planning appeal 3297501 at Fredericks Wood, Coursers Road, Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, AL4 0PB (St Albans City Council) was dismissed on 27 March 2024 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded with particular regard as to whether the earth bund amounts to development requiring planning permission.
described as engineering works - creation of an earth bund for health and safety reasons
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- AL4 0PB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded with particular regard as to whether the earth bund amounts to development requiring planning permission
What decided it
The earth bund, formed from significant imported material and substantial in scale and length, constitutes an engineering operation requiring planning permission and does not qualify as permitted development.
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