®Planning appeal decision
The White Horse, 182 High Street, London Colney, AL2 1JY
erection of a three-bedroom residential dwelling (Use Class C3) on existing car park to the rear of the existing public house (Sui Generis), including the demolition of an existing garage and the creation of a new pub car park and enlarged beer garden, construction of replacement storage and bins store, alterations to the existing crossover, associated hard and soft landscaping
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- AL2 1JY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether acceptable living conditions would be provided for future occupiers, with particular regard to noise
- the effect of the proposed access arrangements on highway safety
What decided it
The inability to reliably mitigate noise effects through conditions because future occupiers would be likely to open windows during warmer periods when noise levels would be high, causing regular and persistent sleep disturbance that would conflict with the agent of change principle and fail to provide acceptable living conditions.
The adverse impacts of noise harm, being the overriding consideration, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of one additional dwelling and brownfield redevelopment, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 69, Policy 70, Policy 34
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