Land Between London Road and Chalk Hills, Baldock

Application no. 22/01688/OP

The land identified for this proposed development is located within the London Metropolitan Green Belt as identified in the adopted North Herts Local Plan. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) as revised in February 2019 requires land designated as Green Belt to be kept “permanently open” and “inappropriate development should not be approved except in very special circumstances.”

The Applicant’s Planning Statement profoundly misinterpret the requirements of ‘very special circumstances’ and we urge the Council to refuse permission for this damaging speculative application.