®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Bradmore Way (BrP12a), The Brookmans Park Estate, Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire , AL9 7QR
Outline planning permission with all matters reserved except access, for up to 125 dwellings, a care facility for up to 60 bedrooms (Use Class
- Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Board D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and its purposes
- the effect of the scheme on the character and appearance of the area
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development within the Green Belt
What decided it
The other considerations, including the substantial housing and affordable housing benefits, did not clearly outweigh the combined harm to the Green Belt (openness and inappropriateness) and to the character and appearance of the area, so very special circumstances were not established.
the substantial weight attached to Green Belt harm (inappropriateness and loss of openness) together with harm to character and appearance was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations (market and affordable housing, self-build, care home, scout hut, biodiversity net gain, economic benefits), so the balance tipped against the appeal
Framework references: 143, 144, 147, 148, 61, 138, 56
Plan policies cited: GBSP1, D1, D2, RA10, H9, CLT17, H7, R11, SADM16
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