Four Trees, Common Lane, Letchmore Heath, Watford, WD25 8EE

the installation of swimming pool

Authority: Hertsmere Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Householder developments
Inspector: Indermaur S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
The effect of the development on the setting of the listed building and whether it would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area

What decided it

The swimming pool, being a modest-scale facility for private outdoor recreation ancillary to the dwelling, located within the curtilage and screened from view, preserves the openness of the Green Belt and does not harm the listed building or Conservation Area.

Plan policies cited: Policy CS13, Policy DASM26, Policy CS22, Policy CS14, Policy SADM29, Policy SADM30

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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