Land to the rear of Dovedale, Ware

Appeal 6008167 · East Hertfordshire District Council · Planning Inspector · decided 10 September 2026 · dismissed

Erection of four two-storey houses with access and parking. Three already had permission; only the additional detached house was in dispute.

Case page · Decision letter

Cited in: 1. DP3(3) as a "should be refused" policy

Why this is cited. This appeal shows an inspector applying DP3(3) as intended: a conflict with DP3(1) “without clear justification” meant, through S4(2)(c), that the benefits were substantially outweighed. It is the refusal trigger Snitterfield cited but used only as a source of weight.

Key points

"Paragraph 3 of Policy DP3 states that development proposals should be refused if, without clear justification, they conflict with paragraph 1" (¶21). The benefits were found to be substantially outweighed.

Quotations are from the officer report, decision notice or appeal decision letter, with page (p.) or paragraph (¶) numbers. Read the decision itself for the full reasoning.

Summarised for the note on Stratford decisions under the August 2026 NPPF. Not legal advice. Back to the note.