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Dismissed20 August 20253366715

Batchworth Heath Farm, Batchworth Heath, Rickmansworth, WD3 1QB

Planning appeal 3366715 at Batchworth Heath Farm, Batchworth Heath, Rickmansworth, WD3 1QB (Three Rivers District Council) was dismissed on 20 August 2025 by Inspector Lo S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not Condition 6 is necessary and reasonable in the interests of protecting the openness of the Green Belt.

Part Retrospective: Change of use of land as an amendment to the residential curtilage, associated landscaping changes including formal garden areas, hard standing for vehicular access and parking and installation of entrance gate and pillars without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 23/1221/RSP, dated 17 November 2023

Authority
Three Rivers District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Lo S
Postcode
WD3 1QB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not Condition 6 is necessary and reasonable in the interests of protecting the openness of the Green Belt

What decided it

The condition is necessary and reasonable because removal would create a realistic prospect of additional built development that would incrementally erode the openness of the Green Belt, given the site's history of cumulative increases in built form and its location within the Green Belt.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP1Policy CP11Policy CP12Policy DM1Policy DM2Appendix 2

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