Motocross Track, Shootersway, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 3TY

Planning appeal 3337121 at Motocross Track, Shootersway, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 3TY (Dacorum Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 August 2024 by Inspector Buchanan R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issues in this appeal are therefore whether conditions No.5 and No.7 are necessary, having regard to the reasons given for them and matters that emerged during the appeal process, including at the hearing.

removal of a tower mast and associated cabins, relocation of two storage containers into a building with accommodation facilities at first floor and construction of a swimming pool building without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 4/02425/18/FUL

Authority: Dacorum Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Buchanan R
Postcode: HP4 3TY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issues in this appeal are therefore whether conditions No.5 and No.7 are necessary, having regard to the reasons given for them and matters that emerged during the appeal process, including at the hearing.

What decided it

Both disputed conditions were found still necessary to prevent unassessed harm to nationally important archaeology (condition 5) and unassessed intensification impacts from the bunkhouse use (condition 7), so the appeal to vary them failed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Saved Policy 118 of the Local Plan (2004)Policy CS5Policy CS12

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