Greymantle, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, HP3 0HF

Planning appeal 6011849 at Greymantle, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, HP3 0HF (Dacorum) was decided (invalid) on 16 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: whether an application under section 73 may be used to vary a condition where the development implemented on the ground is fundamentally different to that for which the original permission was granted.

demolition of garage, side extension and loft conversion without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 22/00882/FHA, dated 15 February 2023

Authority: Dacorum
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: HP3 0HF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Appeal A: whether an application under section 73 may be used to vary a condition where the development implemented on the ground is fundamentally different to that for which the original permission was granted
Appeal B: whether an application under section 73 may be used to vary conditions where the proposed variation seeks to place cycle parking within detached garages that do not have planning permission and were not included in the description of development

What decided it

Both appeals conflict with the principles established by case law (Finney) that section 73 applications cannot be used to vary conditions where the development implemented or proposed would require variation to the operative part of the original planning permission.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS8 of the Dacorum Borough Core Strategy (2013)
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 111
Judgments: John Leslie Finney v Welsh Ministers & Carmarthenshire County Council; Energiekontor (Uk) Limited and Fiske v Test Valley BC & Woodington Solar Limited

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