®Planning appeal decision
8 Pole Hole Farm, Pye Corner, Gilston, Hertfordshire, CM20 2RP
conversion of existing agricultural building to a residential unit
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Storey P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to access to services and sustainable transport
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and if so, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations that would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The hedgerow boundary treatment in Appeal B preserves Green Belt openness and avoids the inappropriate development finding that defeated Appeal A, allowing the housing benefits to outweigh the location conflict under the tilted balance.
The adverse impacts of the proposal, limited to its location regarding access to services and sustainable transport, do not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery in an area with a demonstrated five-year housing land supply shortfall, when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 152, 155, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy DPS2, Policy DPS1, Policy TRA1, Policy GBR1, Policy DES4, Policy NE2, Policy NE3, Policy WAT4
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.