{"id":44708,"date":"2014-07-08T10:08:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T10:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e67610e1574d0f64ee28cfa06e9b811e"},"modified":"2014-07-08T10:08:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T10:08:22","slug":"news-story-application-for-an-incinerator-at-new-barnfield-turned-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44708","title":{"rendered":"News story: Application for an incinerator at New Barnfield turned down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Ministers have today (8 July 2014) decided to refuse an application for an incinerator on land at New Barnfield, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.<\/p>\n<p>The decision took account of planning policy, and the planning inspector\u2019s detailed findings including a public inquiry. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/national-planning-policy-framework--2\">National Planning Policy Framework<\/a> is clear that inappropriate developments in the green belt should not be allowed. The decision also took into account the proximity of Hatfield House, a Grade 1 listed building, and the effects the proposal could have on heritage protection.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Eric Pickles said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Development within the green belt will not be allowed unless there are very special circumstances, and in this case, the benefits of the development did not outweigh the potential harm to the green belt.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/planning-applications-called-in-decisions-and-recovered-appeals\">full decision letter<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Eland House<br \/>\n<br \/>\nBressenden Place<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/><span class=\"postal-code\">SW1E 5DU<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:communications-newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">communications-newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you&#8217;re a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 1201\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministers turn down an application for an incinerator at New Barnfield in Hertfordshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}