®Planning appeal decision
Land between 84-108 Ragged Hall Lane, Chiswell Green, AL2 3NN
an outline planning application (all matters reserved other than access) for 7 serviced plots for self-build and custom housebuilding
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bowden N
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, including effects on openness
- whether any 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 required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The significant harm to the openness of the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by the material considerations advanced, including the shortage of self-build and custom housebuilding plots and housing land supply shortfall.
The persistent shortage of housing land, lack of self-build and custom housebuilding plots, absence of a current development plan, and significant proportion of Green Belt land in the District, together with social, economic and environmental benefits, did not clearly outweigh the significant harm to the openness of the Green Belt and the inappropriateness of the development.
Framework references: 11, 70, 73, 152, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy 1 of the St Albans City and District Plan 1994, Policy 2 of the St Albans City and District Plan 1994, Policy 143A of the St Albans City and District Plan 1994
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.