®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjancet to The Old Brickworks, Spring Garden Lane, Northchurch, Herts, HP4 3GY
Planning appeal 3350930 at Land Adjancet to The Old Brickworks, Spring Garden Lane, Northchurch, Herts, HP4 3GY (Dacorum Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 July 2026 by Inspector Harwood A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt including the effect upon openness and the purposes of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies.
Without planning permission, the erection of 2.1 metre high palisade fencing along the south-western boundary on Two Ponds Lane, and erection of 2.5 metre high palisade fencing and gates (to enclose new vehicular access) adjacent to the south-eastern boundary on the corner of Spring Garden Lane and Two Ponds Lane; engineering works incorporating excavation of, and laying of hardcore on the land, and creation of new hardcore laid area in the eastern part of the land
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Harwood A
- Postcode
- HP4 3GY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt including the effect upon openness and the purposes of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether other considerations clearly outweigh any harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the character and appearance of the Chilterns National Landscape, which other considerations do not clearly outweigh, means very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm and harm to the character and appearance of the National Landscape outweighs the limited weight attributed to security and operational benefits, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS5CS24CS25CS1CS27
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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