®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed21 March 20233302528
Aston Water Tower, Aston End, SG2 7EU
extension and alterations of the existing building to accommodate residential use
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cowley R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies including, where appropriate, its effect on openness
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area
- Whether the proposal would minimise water use, overheating, the need for heating in winter and carbon dioxide emissions, with regard to the provisions of the development plan that seek to control these matters
- If the development is inappropriate, whether any 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 would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm its openness and fail to preserve it, and this substantial harm was not clearly outweighed by other considerations to justify very special circumstances.
Framework references: 148, 149, 150
Plan policies cited: Policy GBR1, Policy DES2, Policy DES3, Policy DES4, Policy CC1, Policy CC2, Policy WAT4
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