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Land Adjacent To Hormead Cottage, Great Hormead, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 0NR
Planning appeal 3322197 at Land Adjacent To Hormead Cottage, Great Hormead, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 0NR (East Hertfordshire District Council) was dismissed on 3 April 2024 by Inspector Edginton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Hormead Conservation Area, with particular reference to protected woodland, and whether the development would have an adverse effect on the setting of the Grade II listed The Cottage.
Construction of a detached dwelling on land adjacent to Hormead Cottage (amended scheme)
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Edginton A
- Postcode
- SG9 0NR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Hormead Conservation Area, with particular reference to protected woodland, and whether the development would have an adverse effect on the setting of the Grade II listed The Cottage
What decided it
The likely direct and future indirect loss and degradation of protected tree cover within the conservation area, which would diminish its significance and conflict with heritage conservation requirements, could not be outweighed by the modest benefit of one additional dwelling.
the modest public benefit of providing one family dwelling was insufficient to outweigh the less than substantial harm to the significance of the Hormead Conservation Area arising from the likely loss of tree cover and reduction of key characteristics, particularly protected woodland
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DES2Policy HA1Policy HA4Policy NE3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 205Paragraph 208Paragraph 225
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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