Land North Of Battlers Green Farm, Common Lane, Radlett, Hertfordshire

Application No. 20/1566/FUL

Erection of a non permanent Geodesic dome for the use of yoga, meditation and tutorials (Sui Generis) to include change of use of the land, land North Of Battlers Green Farm, Common Lane, Radlett, Hertfordshire.

CPRE Hertfordshire object to this proposal for development in the Green Belt contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework and policies in the Hertsmere Development Plan.

We note that in the Application Form the applicant describes the proposal as being in Use Class D2 and in the application description it is classed as Sui Generis. We assume that this reflects the changes made to the use classes in September 2020, which moved parts of D2 into Sui Generis.

The red-lined application site plan encloses both the field in which the geodesic dome will sit and a substantial part of the existing car parking associated with the shopping village. The application form indicates no new parking provision is to be provided, none of the existing removed and the proposed development taking place entirely in the field adjoining. In our view, therefore, only the actual development area in the field can be considered as ‘the site’ for this proposal.