Issue - meetings

Part Retrospective change of use of land to provide for 11no. pitches for residential purposes together with the formation of hardstanding and erection of a dayroom building at Little Liz, Old House Lane, Kings Langley.

Recommendation: that subject to no new material considerations being raised and following the expiration of the consultation period (25 April 2025), the decision be delegated to the Head of Regulatory Services to grant part-retrospective planning permission, subject to conditions.

The application was part retrospective for change of use of land to provide for 11no. pitches for residential purposes together with the formation of hardstanding and erection of a dayroom building at Little Liz, Old House Lane, Kings Langley.

The Planning Officer reported that Condition 9 was to be amended to include reference to existing stored materials to be used in the construction of the dayroom and two redundant caravans located in the northern part of the site which were to be removed.

Parish Councillor Jon Tankard of Abbots Langley Parish Council spoke on the application.

Committee Members asked questions about the detail of the application which were responded to by officers.  The Committee’s discussions included the following:

·         Following changes to the NPPF, the site was now considered to be ‘Grey Belt’.

·         There was no statutory requirement for a Biodiversity Net Gain to be provided as part of the scheme, but provision of a landscaping scheme was conditioned, to ensure that this was sufficient and adequate.

·         The gated entrance to the site adjacent to Langleybury Lane was not a lawful access and had no dropped kerb.  It was therefore considered appropriate that an additional condition should be added requiring all pedestrian and vehicular access to be via Old House Lane.

·         There was an identified need for more residential pitches within the District, and there was benefit in providing these within an existing site.

Councillor Nelmes moved, and Councillor King seconded, approval of the application subject to conditions and (i) amendment to Condition 9 to include reference to the existing stored materials and two redundant caravans located in the northern part of the site which are to be removed and (ii) an additional condition requiring all vehicular and pedestrian access to be via Old House Lane.  On being put to the vote this was carried unanimously.

RESOLVED: that the application be approved subject to conditions and (i) amendment to Condition 9 to include reference to the existing stored materials and two redundant caravans located in the northern part of the site which are to be removed and (ii) an additional condition requiring all vehicular and pedestrian access to be via Old House Lane.