Planning appeal decision
Hastovan, High Street, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5AH
Planning appeal 6003703 at Hastovan, High Street, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5AH (Dacorum Borough Council) was allowed on 29 April 2026 by Inspector Jarvis P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the loss of part of the boundary wall on the character and appearance of the Tring Conservation Area and the setting of the listed building at 23 High Street.
Single storey rear extension to provide two further bedrooms and part demolition of boundary wall
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jarvis P
- Postcode
- HP23 5AH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the loss of part of the boundary wall on the character and appearance of the Tring Conservation Area and the setting of the listed building at 23 High Street
What decided it
The removal of only a small, non-visible section of the southern boundary wall, combined with the reuse of bricks in the new extension and retention of the majority of the wall internally, would preserve the character and appearance of the conservation area and not harm the setting of the listed building, in accordance with development plan policies and the NPPF.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS27 of the Dacorum Borough Core Strategy 2006-2031 (2013)Policy 120 of the Dacorum Borough Local Plan (2004)
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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