®Planning appeal decision
Allowed4 February 20266001342
St Michaels Croft, Durrants Lane. Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3TR
a two-storey side extension
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Walker C
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 any relevant development plan policies, including its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- if inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness 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 moderate harm to Green Belt openness, when assessed against the Framework's threshold of substantial harm, did not preclude the development under the previously developed land exception at paragraph 154(g).
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy CS5
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.