®Planning appeal decision
Nash House, 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
The under-provision of parking in Appeal A would necessitate additional on-street parking in an area already experiencing significant parking pressures, thereby causing unacceptable harm to highway safety; and in Appeal B, the loss of landscaping to provide the additional parking space would erode the significance of the non-designated heritage asset Nash House.
The adverse impacts of granting planning permission—unacceptable harm to highway safety in Appeal A and harm to a non-designated heritage asset in Appeal B—would 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.