®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To Breachwood Green Industrial Park, Pasture Lane, Hitchin, SG4 8NY
a “retrospective planning application for a car park with 28 spaces to serve the adjacent industrial area”
- Authority
- North Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Whitfield H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the scheme constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect upon the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect of the scheme on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the scheme on highway and pedestrian safety, having particular regard to the characteristics of Pastures Lane and the location of the site
- if the scheme is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes, combined with harm to character and appearance and unresolved highway and pedestrian safety concerns, cannot be clearly outweighed by the limited benefits advanced, and very special circumstances do not exist to justify the inappropriate development.
Framework references: 143, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy SP5, Policy SP9, Policy D1, Policy T1, Policy 5 of Hertfordshire's Local Transport Plan 2018-2031, Policies 1 and 2 of Hertfordshire's Local Transport Plan 2018-2031
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