Old Farm , Harthall Lane, KINGS LANGLEY, WD4 8JW

Authority: Three Rivers District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Bowden N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies including the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the existing host dwelling and the area including whether the existing dwelling may be regarded as a Non-Designated Heritage Asset
The effect of the proposed development on trees
Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposed development represents disproportionate additions to the original dwelling that fail to preserve the openness of the Green Belt and would cause significant harm to the Non-Designated Heritage Asset, with no very special circumstances identified to outweigh these harms.

Framework references: 11, 142, 153, 154, 216, 56

Plan policies cited: Policy CP11 of the Three Rivers Core Strategy 2011, Policy CP12 of the Three Rivers Core Strategy 2011, Policy CP1 of the Three Rivers Core Strategy 2011, Policy DM2 of the Three Rivers Development Management Policies Local Development Document 2013, Policy DM1 of the Three Rivers Development Management Policies Local Development Document 2013, Policy DM3 of the Three Rivers Development Management Policies Local Development Document 2013, Policy DM6 of the Three Rivers Development Management Policies Local Development Document 2013

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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