®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Kendal Cottage, Kendal Hall Farm, Watling Street, Radlett, WD7 7LH
the demolition of existing mobile home/ancillary store buildings and erection of new detached 2 storey 4-bed dwelling
- Authority
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hunter A
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, including the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- If the proposal is found to be inappropriate development, 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 constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that causes significant harm to openness, and no very special circumstances have been demonstrated to justify it, as the limited housing benefit and design improvements do not outweigh the substantial Green Belt harm.
The significant harm to the Green Belt from inappropriate development and loss of openness, to which substantial weight must be given, was not outweighed by the limited housing supply benefit and design improvements, resulting in dismissal
Framework references: 11, 137, 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy CS13 of the Hertsmere Local Plan Development Plan Document, Core Strategy adopted January 2013, Policy SADM26 of the Hertsmere Local Plan, Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan adopted November 2016
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.