®Planning appeal decision
17 Lyndon Mead, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9EX
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- AL4 9EX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposed extension would not result in a disproportionate addition to the original building's size when assessed against the Framework's policy GB7 criteria, as the external dimensions would not be disproportionately altered despite the quantitative increase in floorspace.
Framework references: GB7
Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 13, Policy LG9
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin); Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.