®Planning appeal decision
Dickinson Square, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9GT
conversion of basement into 1-bedroom flat
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Law T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: the effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to parking
- Appeal B: the effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to parking; the effect of the proposed development on the significance of a non-designated heritage asset; and the effect of the proposed development on living conditions
What decided it
Appeal A fails to provide sufficient parking in accordance with the Council's standards, causing harmful displacement of parking and unacceptable impact on highway safety; Appeal B additionally harms the significance of the non-designated heritage asset Nash House by eroding its landscape buffer.
The adverse impacts of granting planning permission, comprising significant harm to highway safety (Appeal A) and harm to a non-designated heritage asset (Appeal B), significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited socio-economic benefits of providing one additional flat.
Framework references: 11, 111, 130, 203
Plan policies cited: CS Policy CS12, CS Policy CS10, Dacorum Borough Council Parking Standards Supplementary Planning Document (2020)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.