®Planning appeal decision
Land Rear of 49-53 High Street, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3QH
Details as required by conditions 6 (Phase One Report) and 11 (Construction Management Plan) attached to planning permission 20/02653/ROC (Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 4/03109/17/MFA - Proposed demolition of all existing buildings, improvements to existing access, construction of four 3- bed and six 2-bed cottages with associated car parking and access road with waste and cycle storage)
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wallace J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether an Appropriate Assessment pursuant to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 is necessary in order to agree the conditions attached to the planning permission and, if it is necessary, the effect of the proposal on the Chiltern Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation with particular regard to recreational disturbance
- Whether the details of the surface water drainage scheme would be acceptable (Appeal B only)
What decided it
The absence of adequate mitigation measures (SAMMS and SANG) to address the likely significant adverse effect on the integrity of the Chiltern Beechwoods SAC from recreational disturbance caused by the residential development.
Framework references: 173, 15
Plan policies cited: Policy CS26, Policy CS31, Policy CS32
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