Glaze Restaurant Land Adj Manor Hotel, Edgwarebury Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3RE

Planning appeal 6003108 at Glaze Restaurant Land Adj Manor Hotel, Edgwarebury Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3RE (Hertsmere Borough Council) was allowed on 16 March 2026 by Inspector Bennett T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

retrospective application to retain modified and refaced single story flat roofed timber facing building with proposed additional landscaping and continued use as a restaurant and use of existing hotel parking

Authority: Hertsmere Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Bennett T
Postcode: WD6 3RE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
if it is inappropriate, 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 change in Framework wording from 'no greater impact' to 'no substantial harm' to openness, combined with the finding that the development causes only limited visual and moderate spatial harm, means the proposal qualifies as a permitted exception under paragraph 154g and is not inappropriate development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS13Policy SADM26
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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