Land at Junction of Roestock Lane and Bullens Green Lane, Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, AL4 0QP

construction of 9 dwellings with new vehicular access, provision of new landscaping and associated works

Authority: St Albans City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Knight A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies and, if so, the effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to local and national policy

What decided it

The site's location within grey belt land that would not undermine Green Belt purposes, combined with demonstrable unmet housing need and the site's sustainability through access to South Hatfield via the underpass, satisfied paragraph 155 of the Framework and rendered the development not inappropriate.

Framework references: 8, 109, 110, 115, 154, 155, 164, 57

Plan policies cited: Policy 1 of the St. Albans District Local Plan Review (1994)

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