®Planning appeal decision
The Yard @ The Spinney, 22 Hendon Wood Lane, Mill Hill, London, NW7 4HR
without planning permission, the making of a material change of use of the land (shown edged in blue on attached Aerial Image 01) to a waste/recycling transfer and sorting yard and the erection of a structure (shown edged in yellow on attached Aerial Image 01) and permanent stationing of a shipping container (shown edged in green on attached Aerial Image 01) incidental to the making of the change of use
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moore D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024) and relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of adjoining occupiers, with regard to noise and disturbance
- 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 development
What decided it
The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm that is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and no very special circumstances exist to justify it.
Framework references: 143, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy DM15, Policy DM04, Policy DM01, Policy CS5, Policy 5 of the North London Waste Plan (2022)
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.