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Allowed12 December 20243345847

Cs Recycling , Coopers Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 4NE

Planning appeal 3345847 at Cs Recycling , Coopers Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 4NE (Hertfordshire County Council) was allowed on 12 December 2024 by Inspector Moulton E, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies.

Erection of a replacement storage building within an existing paper reclamation and recycling yard

Authority
Hertfordshire County Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
minerals-waste · Other minor developments
Inspector
Moulton E
Postcode
EN6 4NE

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 (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies
  • Whether the proposal would increase flood risk, having regard to surface water runoff
  • The effect of the proposal on groundwater and the quality of the public water supply

What decided it

the proposal fell within the paragraph 154(g) Green Belt exception, having no greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the existing development, so it did not amount to inappropriate development

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LP Policy SADM 34CS Policy 12CS Policy 16LP Policy SADM 14
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 142Paragraph 154Paragraph 175

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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