Land Adjacent The Mill House, Coursers Road, Colney Heath

Application No. 5/2020/1124
Change of use of land to residential for gypsy traveller families and stationing of four static
and four touring caravans with associated hardstanding, parking and related plant and
infrastructure On Land Adjacent The Mill House, Coursers Road, Colney Heath, Hertfordshire AL4 0PB
CPRE Hertfordshire objects to this application for inappropriate development in the Green
Belt, contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework, the St. Albans Local Plan and the
National Planning Policy for Gypsy and Traveller sites.
Though this application is described as seeking a change of use of land to residential, this is in fact a retrospective application as, from our own observation, the site has already been
changed from grazing land to hardstanding and the caravans are in situ. The fact that the
applicant has purchased the land and improperly placed residential units on the site does not
negate its current designation as agricultural land.