# 20 The Glebe, Watford

- **Decision:** allowed, 27 August 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: N Bowden
- **Authority:** Watford (East of England)
- **Appeal reference:** 6007566
- **Application reference:** 26/00001/FUL
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** Vehicle access and hardstanding on corner plot within 10 m of a cul-de-sac junction
- **Site context:** inside-settlement
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** August 2026 NPPF
- **Determinative policies:** TR4(1)(c)(i)
- **Development plan policies:** Watford Local Plan ST11.6, Hertfordshire Local Transport Plan 2018
- **Main issues:** highway safety
- **Tags:** tier-2, transitional-no-consultation, dropped-kerb

## Summary
A driveway near a cul-de-sac junction was allowed despite breaching three technical requirements of the Local Transport Plan. It would not create conflict under TR4(1)(c)(i) and would deter parking on the junction.

## What made the difference
The very low traffic and a single vehicle. The Inspector judged actual safety effects rather than the technical guidance (DL ¶¶8–11).

## Policy findings
- **TR4(1)(c)(i): pass.** single-vehicle access on low-traffic cul-de-sac; displaces junction and footway parking; minor visibility gain (DL 5-12)
- **DM6: pass.** undersized space enlarged to 2.7 x 5 m by condition (DL 9, 13-14)

## Key facts
- Breaches LTP guidance (angle, within 10 m of junction, undersized) but no real safety harm

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/49caa2c7-fde1-46f0-acf7-c71b43ff6b32
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6007566

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