14 Gaywood Avenue, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 8QD

Planning appeal 3357949 at 14 Gaywood Avenue, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 8QD (Broxbourne Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 March 2026 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the appeal development provides sufficient garden amenity space for the occupants of the 1-bedroom dwelling.

Without planning permission, the subdivision of the property to create two independent dwellings

Authority: Broxbourne Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Walker A
Postcode: EN8 8QD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the appeal development provides sufficient garden amenity space for the occupants of the 1-bedroom dwelling
whether or not the appeal development provides adequate parking provision for the 3-bedroom and 1-bedroom dwellings

What decided it

The tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11d)ii, engaged by the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, means that the benefits of delivering an additional home on previously developed land in a sustainable location outweigh the adverse impact of the lack of garden amenity space for the 1-bedroom dwelling.

The benefits of delivering an extra home on previously developed land in a reasonably sustainable location outweigh the adverse impact of the lack of garden amenity space for the 1-bedroom dwelling under the tilted balance test

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DSC1Policy EQ1Policy TM5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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