21 Hedgeside, Potten End, Berkhamsted, HP4 2RE

Planning appeal 3351247 at 21 Hedgeside, Potten End, Berkhamsted, HP4 2RE (Dacorum Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 May 2025 by Inspector Moulton E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal scheme is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

retention of front extension and front canopy with relocation of front entrance way

Authority: Dacorum Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Moulton E
Postcode: HP4 2RE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal scheme is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
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 cumulative effect of the proposed extension combined with previous extensions results in disproportionate additions to the original building that cannot be justified by very special circumstances, as the modest benefits identified do not clearly outweigh the harm to Green Belt openness and the inappropriateness of the development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS6Policy CS5Policy 22
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154Paragraph 232Paragraph 142Paragraph 153

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