®Planning appeal decision
15 Home Farm, Park Road, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6QU
Planning appeal 3336853 at 15 Home Farm, Park Road, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6QU (Dacorum Borough Council) was allowed on 7 August 2024 by Inspector Townend K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the need to preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Tring Conservation Area, conserve or enhance the natural beauty of the National Landscape and the need to further the purpose of conserving or enhancing the natural beauty of the National Landscape.
change of use from agricultural buildings to 11 residential units with alterations to access, without complying with a condition attached to planning permission 4/0195/92
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Townend K
- Postcode
- HP23 6QU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the need to preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Tring Conservation Area, conserve or enhance the natural beauty of the National Landscape and the need to further the purpose of conserving or enhancing the natural beauty of the National Landscape
- The effect that removing the condition would have on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties
What decided it
The condition is necessary and reasonable to preserve the character and appearance of the Conservation Area and the National Landscape, and to protect neighbouring living conditions, and therefore should be reimposed in revised form rather than removed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS27Policy CS12Appendix 3 of the Dacorum Local Plan 1991-2011
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56Paragraph 135
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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