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Planning permission granted24 October 20253331206

Hillside View Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St. Albans, AL3 8HL

Planning appeal 3331206 at Hillside View Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St. Albans, AL3 8HL (Dacorum Borough Council) was allowed on 24 October 2025 by Inspector Willows P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

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
Postcode
AL3 8HL

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS5Policy CS12
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 153Paragraph 154

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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