®Planning appeal decision
Land To Rear 28 To 34 North Cottages, Napsbury, St Albans , Hertfordshire, AL2 1AW
‘Development of four bungalows with associated parking and landscaping, following the demolition of the existing building’
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Chamberlain G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal scheme would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- Whether future occupants of the appeal scheme would have adequate accessibility to services and facilities
- Whether the appeal scheme would conserve the special historic interest and significance of Napsbury Park, a Grade II listed Registered Park and Garden
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11, and the moderate benefit of delivering four homes at a time of serious shortfall outweighed the middling-weight harm from the site's location relative to services and facilities.
The moderate benefit of delivering four homes in the context of a serious housing land supply shortfall (1.9 years) and modest economic benefits outweighed the middling-weight harm arising from the site's location relative to services and facilities and the limited weight conflict with the settlement hierarchy policies, when judged at the Permission in Principle stage.
Framework references: 154, 117, 115, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 2, Policy 4
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.