After a 5 year planning process which ended in an appeal, planning permission has finally been granted for a new golf clubhouse in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
       

The planning application, made in 2007, was refused finally by Dacorum Borough Council in June 2009, but has now been granted at appeal by Planning Inspector Frances Mahoney. 

Hugh Petter, Design Director at ADAM Architecture said, “I am relieved and delighted that the Inspector has allowed this appeal.  Our client appointed a highly experienced and knowledgeable professional team who, from the outset, engaged in constructive informal consultations with the local authority officers.  Our efforts were thwarted at every stage by the extraordinarily unhelpful behavior of the local authority who, in the end, left us no alternative but to seek justice at appeal.  Our long-suffering client remained steadfast in their support throughout this drawn-out and difficult process and I am very pleased that their patience has finally been rewarded.  The new club buildings at Stocks will, I believe, be a worthy and fitting addition to this fine course in this sensitive and beautiful landscape setting.”      

The new 6,570 sq ft clubhouse is a single storey building, with a small basement for service accommodation below ground level.  The distinctive...