Plot Adj Wexhams , Lye Lane, St Albans, Herts, AL3 3TB

Planning appeal 3327185 at Plot Adj Wexhams , Lye Lane, St Albans, Herts, AL3 3TB (St Albans City Council) was allowed on 4 September 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.

erection of detached dwelling

Authority: St Albans City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Reid L
Postcode: AL3 3TB

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 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 site's location within a village envelope created by surrounding built form means the proposal constitutes limited infilling, which is an exception to inappropriate development in the Green Belt under paragraph 154(e) of the Framework.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 1 of the St Albans District Local Plan Review 1994Policy S1 of the St Stephen Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2022
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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