®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed7 May 20253347524
Ponsbourne Park, Windmill Farm, Newgate Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG13 8QU
change of use from former horse menage - outdoor sports training area to outdoor swimming pool ancillary to residential dwelling house
- Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Astley-Serougi B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt including its effect on openness and the purposes of including land within it, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- if the proposed development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that harms openness and character, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justify it.
Framework references: 11, 153, 154, 216
Plan policies cited: Policy SADM 34, Policy SP9, Policy SADM16
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