®Planning appeal decision
354 High Street, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 1HU
proposed three x two bedroom dwellings to the rear of 354 High Street and associated car parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Walker C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the integrity of the SAC
- the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to density and layout, on living conditions of future occupiers with regard to the garden areas and on highway safety with regard to parking
What decided it
The inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development, and the benefits of providing three homes on brownfield land in a sustainable location outweighed the limited harms identified.
The benefits of providing three homes on previously developed land in a sustainable location, with economic and social benefits, outweighed the limited harms comprising conflict with Appendix 3 regarding external rear access and very limited less-than-substantial harm to the setting of the conservation area.
Framework references: 11, 215
Plan policies cited: CS26, CS11, CS12, CS8, Appendix 3 of the Local Plan 1991-2011 (2004)
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.