®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed13 May 20243322715
Little Heath Farm, Little Heath Lane, Potten End, Herts, HP4 2RY
Proposed Stables, Feed and Hay store, for established equestrian use
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Simpson V
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal would reduce the openness of the Green Belt both spatially and visually and would constitute encroachment into the countryside, and the limited benefits claimed do not clearly outweigh this substantial harm to justify very special circumstances.
Framework references: 11, 143, 152, 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy CS5, Policy 81
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