®Planning appeal decision
Cottage Farm, Redhall Lane, Rickmansworth, WD3 4LT
Planning appeal 3324209 at Cottage Farm, Redhall Lane, Rickmansworth, WD3 4LT (Three Rivers District Council) was dismissed on 3 October 2024 by Inspector Reid L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect on openness of the Green Belt.
demolition of the existing built form and the erection of three detached dwellings, garages and associated landscaping
- Authority
- Three Rivers District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Reid L
- Postcode
- WD3 4LT
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, including the effect on openness of the Green Belt
- whether the proposal makes appropriate provision for affordable housing
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt caused by the consolidation of development and the increased spatial and visual presence of three two-storey houses was not clearly outweighed by the benefits of housing provision, affordable housing contribution, and biodiversity net gain.
The substantial weight given to the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by the significant weight afforded to housing benefits, the off-site affordable housing contribution, and biodiversity net gain, together with moderate weight for economic and social benefits, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP11 of the Core Strategy 2011Policy DM2 of the Development Management Policies Local Development Document 2013Policy CP4 of the Core Strategy
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 11
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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