®Planning appeal decision
32 Breakspear Avenue, St. Albans, Herts, AL1 5EL
Planning appeal 3357869 at 32 Breakspear Avenue, St. Albans, Herts, AL1 5EL (St Albans City Council) was allowed on 20 June 2025 by Inspector Bowden N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 6 restricting permitted development rights meets the tests of being necessary, relevant to planning, relevant to the development to be permitted, enforceable, precise and reasonable in all other respects, and having particular regard to the effect on living conditions of neighbours and character and appearance of the area.
demolition of existing bungalow and construction of detached dwelling with new vehicle crossover and associated landscaping works without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 5/24/0118, dated 1 August 2024
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Bowden N
- Postcode
- AL1 5EL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition 6 restricting permitted development rights meets the tests of being necessary, relevant to planning, relevant to the development to be permitted, enforceable, precise and reasonable in all other respects, and having particular regard to the effect on living conditions of neighbours and character and appearance of the area
What decided it
Permitted development rights granted by the Order have already been judged as acceptable, and the Inspector found no particularly pertinent reasons to remove them given the established suburban character and the limited impact of such works on neighbours and the area's appearance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 69Policy 70
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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