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Dismissed26 October 20266003892

Bulbourne Wood, New Road, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, HP4 1LN

Planning appeal 6003892 at Bulbourne Wood, New Road, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, HP4 1LN (Dacorum) was dismissed on 26 October 2026, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

Erection of a nursing home (Use Class C2) of up to 67 bedrooms for dementia care with separate bin/cycle store building, electricity substation and associated works and landscaping with all matters reserved except for the construction of access junction and road on Land at Bulbourne Wood, Northchurch, Berkhamsted

Authority
Dacorum
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Hearing
Development
community-institutional
Postcode
HP4 1LN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the development on the protected woodland and the Chilterns National Landscape (CNL)
  • The effect of the development on the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and local biodiversity
  • Whether the development would secure adequate provision for sustainable transport options
  • Would harm by reason of inappropriateness in the Green Belt, or any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

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What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS5Policy CS8Policy CS26Policy CS29Saved Policy 102Saved Policy 103
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy GB2Policy GB5Policy GB6Policy GB7Policy GB8Policy HO7Policy HO9Policy N2Policy N4Policy N6Policy S1Policy S5Policy TR3Policy TR6Policy DP3

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