85 Cranborne Road, Potters Bar, Herts, EN6 3AQ

2.5m wide extension to side of existing house and extension to rear to allow division to create additional dwellinghouse

Authority: Hertsmere Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Reid L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, which engaged the tilted balance and meant that the moderate harm to character and appearance did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery.

The moderate harm to the character and appearance of the area would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and contribution to housing supply when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole, applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(ii) due to the Council's shortfall in five-year housing land supply.

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP2, Policy CS22, Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy SADM30, Policy SAMD3, Policy CS16, Policy CS17

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