®Planning appeal decision
Borley Green Barn, Conduit Lane, Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, SG9 0AJ
Planning appeal 3354470 at Borley Green Barn, Conduit Lane, Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, SG9 0AJ (East Hertfordshire District Council) was allowed on 11 March 2025 by Inspector Boughton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed dwelling would be suitably located having regard to the locational policies of the development plan.
Construction of carbon neutral, self-build dwelling, together with erection of a detached garage building, creation of a new vehicular access, provision of a new driveway and associated landscaping works
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Boughton A
- Postcode
- SG9 0AJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed dwelling would be suitably located having regard to the locational policies of the development plan
- the effect of the proposal on rural character
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a Framework-compliant housing land supply combined with a deficiency of self-build plots in the District, which together engaged the tilted balance and made the benefits of providing even one self-build dwelling sufficient to outweigh the locational and character harms.
the harms arising from the proposed development, significantly mitigated by design and grouping with existing built form, were insufficient to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of providing a self-build dwelling in circumstances of housing land supply shortfall and self-build plot deficiency
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GBR2Policy TRA1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 84
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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