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Allowed5 February 20266001577

354 High Street, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 1HU

Planning appeal 6001577 at 354 High Street, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 1HU (Dacorum Borough Council) was allowed on 5 February 2026 by Inspector Walker C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the integrity of the SAC.

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
Postcode
HP4 1HU

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS26CS11CS12CS8Appendix 3 of the Local Plan 1991-2011 (2004)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 215

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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