14 October 2011 - St Albans City & District Council
14 October 2011 - St Albans City & District Council
14 October 2011 - St Albans City & District Council
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II<br />
EST 1909<br />
The Planning<br />
Inspectorate<br />
Appeal Decisions<br />
Inquiry held on 2 March & 21 - 23 June <strong>2011</strong><br />
Site visit made on 21 June <strong>2011</strong><br />
by Ian Radcliffe BSC (Hons) MCIEH OMS<br />
an Inspector<br />
appointed by the Secretary of <strong>St</strong>ate for Communities and Local Government<br />
Decision date: 6 September <strong>2011</strong><br />
Appeal A Ref: APP/B1930/A/l0/2138110<br />
Smallford Nurseries, Hatfield Road, <strong>St</strong> <strong>Albans</strong>, Hertfordshire AL4 OHO<br />
• The appeal is made under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990<br />
against a refusal to grant planning permission.<br />
• The appeal is made by Glinwell PLCagainst the decision of <strong>St</strong> <strong>Albans</strong> <strong>City</strong> & <strong>District</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong>.<br />
• The application Ref 05/10/0210, dated 27 January 2010, was refused by notice dated<br />
5 May 2010.<br />
• The development proposed is the retention of the cold store building solely for the<br />
storage of crops grown at Smallford Nursery, demolition of the bedsit element of the<br />
building, a water tower, chimney and boiler house and the surrender of planning<br />
permissions for a storage building (5/2008/1051) and an office building<br />
(APP/B1930/ A/99/1019917 /P7).<br />
Appeal B Ref: APP/B1930/A/ll/2<strong>14</strong>8253<br />
Smallford Nurseries, Hatfield Road, <strong>St</strong> <strong>Albans</strong>, Hertfordshire AL4 OHO<br />
• The appeal is made under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990<br />
against a refusal to grant planning permission.<br />
• The appeal is made by Glinwell PLCagainst the decision of <strong>St</strong> <strong>Albans</strong> <strong>City</strong> & <strong>District</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong>.<br />
• The application Ref 05/10/2537, dated <strong>14</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2010, was refused by notice dated<br />
<strong>14</strong> February <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
• The development proposed is the retention of the cold store at Glinwell Nurseries.<br />
Background Information<br />
1. Smallford Nurseries, which cover an area of 17.9 hectares, was established<br />
before the Metropolitan Green Belt was declared. The cold store which is the<br />
subject of the appeals was constructed prior to applying for planning<br />
permission. Following the refusal of permission for the cold store and attached<br />
bedsit accommodation an appeal (ref APPjB1930jAj09j2109441) was<br />
dismissed. In that decision the Inspector concluded that both the storage and<br />
distribution of produce grown elsewhere in the UK and overseas, and the<br />
bedsits, constituted inappropriate development. In a subsequent enforcement<br />
appeal (ref APP/B1930/Cj09/21<strong>14</strong>765 & 21<strong>14</strong>773) a different Inspector found<br />
that he could not consider the use of the cold store in isolation from the bedsits<br />
and dismissed the appeal.<br />
Preliminary and procedural matters<br />
2. Appeal A seeks the retention of the cold store for produce grown only at<br />
Smallford Nurseries. Appeal B seeks the retention of the building for storage<br />
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