®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed28 February 20253352247
8 Pennyfathers Lane, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0EN
Installation of swing opening gates on the existing drive to the house
- Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Dale A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed gates would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
- Their effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the proposed gates do amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the harm to the Green Belt 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 development
What decided it
The fallback position of permitted development rights allowing a more visually solid 1m high gate, which would cause greater harm to Green Belt openness than the proposed open-design metal gates in Appeal B, combined with the safety and wellbeing benefits, amounted to very special circumstances justifying Appeal B but not Appeal A.
Framework references: 154, 143, 13
Plan policies cited: Policy SADM 34
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.