®Planning appeal decision
The Dormers, Bonks Hill, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9HU
Planning appeal 3355616 at The Dormers, Bonks Hill, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9HU (East Hertfordshire District Council) was allowed on 30 May 2025 by Inspector Jarvis P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on openness of the Green Belt and purposes of including land within it, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
Two storey side extension to an existing single dwelling with a partial front extension, demolition and rebuilding of existing porch, car port on ground floor with bedrooms above, and change of external materials
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jarvis P
- Postcode
- CM21 9HU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on openness of the Green Belt and purposes of including land within it, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
- If found to be inappropriate, 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 proposal does not result in disproportionate additions to the original building when measured against the 1982 baseline, therefore it is not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GBR1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 56Paragraph 57
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.
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