Planning appeal decision
Harper Lodge Farm, Harper Lane, Radlett, WD7 7HU
Planning appeal 3302431 at Harper Lodge Farm, Harper Lane, Radlett, WD7 7HU (St Albans City Council) was dismissed on 19 April 2023 by Inspector Worley E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether it has been demonstrated that the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (GPDO).
An agricultural building for the use of storing hay and straw
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Worley E
- Postcode
- WD7 7HU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether it has been demonstrated that the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (GPDO)
What decided it
The Inspector could not be satisfied that the appeal site comprised agricultural land on an agricultural unit due to the significant equestrian use and lack of substantive evidence demonstrating that non-agricultural uses were incidental to the primary agricultural use.
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