Planning appeal decision
The Old Stables, Delmer End Lane, Flamstead, AL3 8ER
Planning appeal 3311270 at The Old Stables, Delmer End Lane, Flamstead, AL3 8ER (Dacorum Borough Council) was allowed on 19 October 2023 by Inspector Wilkinson H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
the construction of double garage
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Wilkinson H
- Postcode
- AL3 8ER
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 relevant development plan policies
What decided it
The detached garage qualifies as an extension under paragraph 149 of the Framework because of its functional and visual relationship to the dwelling and domestic scale, and the addition is not disproportionate to the original building.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
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.
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