Planning appeal decision
Land at Chalk Stream Close, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2RW
Planning appeal 3356737 at Land at Chalk Stream Close, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2RW (East Hertfordshire District Council) was allowed on 3 July 2026 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded with particular regard to whether on the date of the LDC application the proposed development would have been permitted development given the limitations and conditions of Class A of Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (GPDO).
the erection of a 1.8-metre-high entrance gate and piers across the access to the site and a 1.2-metre-high gate across the walkway into the Meadow area at the back of the site
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- SG14 2RW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded with particular regard to whether on the date of the LDC application the proposed development would have been permitted development given the limitations and conditions of Class A of Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (GPDO)
What decided it
The internal access road is not a highway for GPDO purposes because members of the public cannot use it as of right, and the proposed gates would not be adjacent to any highway.
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