®Planning appeal decision
Holly Cottage , Lower Hatfield Road, Bayford, HERTFORD, SG13 8LA
change of use and conversion of garage and stable buildings to form new dwellings, changes to fenestration and doors, provision of dormer windows, laying out of access and turning areas, car and cycle parking, bin storage and gardens, landscape planting and ancillary development
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Gardner L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be suitably located having regard to relevant development plan policies concerning the settlement hierarchy and transportation modes
- the effect of the proposal on the provision of equestrian facilities
- the effect of the proposal on flood risk
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to pedestrians
- the effect of the proposal on foul drainage
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the modest harm from the identified conflicts with the development plan, meant the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d) applied and permission should be granted.
The adverse effects of poor accessibility and loss of domestic equestrian facilities were not considered so harmful as to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery on previously developed land with sustainability benefits from building reuse, ecological enhancements, and landscaping, assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 84, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy DPS2, Policy TRA1, Policy TRA2, Policy CFLR6, Policy WAT1, Policy WAT2, Policy WAT4, Policy EQ4, Policy NE1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.