Hillside View Old Watling Street, Flamstead, ST. ALBANS, AL3 8HL

the change of use of a residential outbuilding to a commercial dog grooming business

Authority: Dacorum Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Willows P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and its purposes
Whether the access to the site is satisfactory
The effect of the development on neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to any noise or disturbance arising from the use

What decided it

The change of use qualifies as a permitted exception under NPPF paragraph 154 as the re-use of a building of permanent and substantial construction, and therefore is not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Framework references: 153, 154

Plan policies cited: Policy CS5, Policy CS12

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