®Planning appeal decision
41 Railway Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 1BA
redevelopment to form 34 retirement living apartments for older persons including associated communal facilities, access, parking and landscaping and 3 retail units (Use Class E)
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Price J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would make appropriate contributions towards affordable housing provision and other infrastructure
- whether the proposal would be of a contextually satisfactory design, including in respect of designated heritage assets
- whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to outlook, ventilation and communal outside space
What decided it
under the tilted balance, the harm from the shortfall in the affordable housing contribution (mitigated by the fallback hotel permission) did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the substantial housing, older persons', brownfield, economic and heritage benefits of the scheme.
the substantial and significant benefits of housing land supply delivery, specialist older persons' housing, brownfield/sustainable location use and economic benefits outweighed the moderate harm from the shortfall in the affordable housing contribution under the tilted balance, so the appeal was allowed
Framework references: 74, 58, 130, 120, 8, 119, 124, 125, 81, 11, 57, 55
Plan policies cited: Policy HERT1, Policy RTC4, Policy HOU3, Policy CFLR7, Policy DEL2, Policy DES4, Policy HERT7, Policy HA7, Policy HA4, Policy HA1, Policy DPS1, Policy DPS3, Policy HOU1, Policy HOU6, Policy HOU2, Policy DPS2
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.