®Planning appeal decision
17 Thrush Avenue, Hatfield, AL10 8QU
to subdivide existing link-detached house (C3 class use Dwellinghouses) into 2no. housing units (C3 class use Dwellinghouses) and to create 1no. additional parking space
- Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sylvester G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including with particular regard to car parking provision and the storage of bins
What decided it
The Inspector's site observations that the footway lacks conventional highway characteristics and pedestrians naturally walk on the road itself, combined with the low traffic speeds and volumes on the short cul-de-sac, meant that parking overhang would not create unacceptable highway safety harm, and the additional vehicles and bins would be visually consistent with the established character of the area.
Framework references: 135
Plan policies cited: Policy SADM2, Policy SADM12, Policy SP1, Policy SP9
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