®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Stanbridge, Kinsbourne Green Lane, Harpdenden, Herts, AL5 3PH
Planning appeal 3303684 at Land Adjacent Stanbridge, Kinsbourne Green Lane, Harpdenden, Herts, AL5 3PH (St Albans City Council) was dismissed on 13 January 2023 by Inspector Worley E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
a detached 2 storey dwelling with rooms in the roof, with linked garage and gym room. New crossover
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Worley E
- Postcode
- AL5 3PH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The inability to provide the required visibility splay for the new access entirely within the applicant's or highway authority's control, creating significant and unresolvable harm to highway safety.
The benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits during construction were outweighed by the significant harm to highway safety, such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1 of the St Albans District Local Plan Review 1994Policy 34 of the St Albans District Local Plan Review 1994
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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