®Planning appeal decision
20 Ayot Green, Ayot St. Peter, WELWYN, AL6 9AB
without planning permission, and within the last ten years, the material change of use of land from a single dwelling house to a mixed use consisting of a single dwelling house and a detached single storey annex providing short term rental accommodation (“the unauthorised use”)
- Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- De Freitas Terceiro P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development comprises 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 character and appearance of the Conservation Area
What decided it
The development preserves the openness of the Green Belt and does not result in physical alteration to the building, thereby satisfying the exception in NPPF paragraph 155(h)(v) for material changes of use that preserve openness and do not conflict with Green Belt purposes.
Framework references: 155
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP9, Policy SADM16, Policy SADM34, Policy SADM15
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