®Planning appeal decision
Garden Cottage, Danesbury Park Road, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 9SE
the demolition of an existing one bedroom annex; partial demolition of existing stables building; removal of shipping containers; reduction in area of existing hard standing; and erection of a replacement residential annex
- Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Eggleton P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would amount to inappropriate development within the Green Belt
- Whether there would be any other harm to the Green Belt
- Whether the 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 necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal would reduce the openness of the Green Belt through substantially increased scale of development, particularly the subterranean terrace and two-storey building, and the resulting harm from inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy SADM 34
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