®Planning appeal decision
Highfield House, Roe Green Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 0FP
Erection of a 2 storey (plus loft) building to provide 16 two-bedroom (4 person) residential units together with provision for 20 car parking spaces to the rear, a bicycle store to the rear for 10 bicycles and a bin store fronting on to Roe Green Lane, following demolition of two existing dwellings without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 6/2016/0345/MAJ, dated 16 March 2016
- Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Pannell G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that removing condition 17 would have on the interests of tackling climate change and creating sustainable development
What decided it
The development as built achieves greater carbon emission reductions (31.83%) through efficient gas heating than the originally proposed design with solar panels (12.17%), demonstrating that the sustainability objectives of the condition can be met through alternative means.
Plan policies cited: Policy SD1 of the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan 2005, Policy SP10 of the Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Local Plan 2016-2036, Policy SADM13 of the Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Local Plan 2016-2036
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