®Planning appeal decision
162 Radlett Road, Colney Street, ST. ALBANS, AL2 2EL
‘erection of 4x5bed detached dwelling houses’
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wright A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, with regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, having particular regard to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect on openness of the Green Belt, and whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances
What decided it
The proposal would cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt and would be inappropriate development for which very special circumstances do not exist, and the Framework's Green Belt policies provide a strong reason to refuse the development notwithstanding the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
The modest benefit of four additional dwellings and limited benefits from potential self-build housing, economic benefits and proximity to other built development do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness, and the Framework's Green Belt policies provide a strong reason to refuse the development under paragraph 11(d)
Framework references: 11, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy 1 of the St Albans District Local Plan Review 1994, Policy S1 of the St Stephen Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2022
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.