®Planning appeal decision
Flopsy Wood Community Project CIC, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 8LS
without planning permission, the erection of two wooden buildings
- Authority
- Broxbourne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Jones R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the canopies would amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect on the nature conservation interest of the site
- if the canopies are inappropriate, 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 developments
What decided it
Canopy B was permitted because it did not result in disproportionate additions to the original building and caused no unacceptable harm to character, appearance or nature conservation; canopy A was refused because it resulted in unacceptable harm to character and appearance and could not be adequately mitigated for nature conservation interests.
Framework references: 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy DSC1, Policy DSC11, Policy NEB1, Policy NEB2
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.