Policy information sourced from St Albans District Local Plan
12 Accommodation for Relatives, Dependants or Staff
Within towns and specified settlements (see Policy 2). Planning permission for the provision of accommodation within the curtilage of a dwelling for occupation by aged or infirm relatives or dependants or by staff will normally be permitted provided:
- the accommodation forms an extension to the main dwelling;
- primary pedestrian access to the extension is through the main dwelling (although an independent garden/secondary access may be permitted);
- the proposals comply with Policy 72 (extensions in residential areas).
Where planning permission is granted and the precise use of the extension is not specified in the permission itself, a planning condition will be imposed to ensure that the extension shall not he occupied as a self-contained dwelling.
A physically separate new dwelling will not normally be permitted unless the Council’s general policy for new housing development is complied with (see Policy 70).
Within the Green Belt (including Green Belt Settlements), Separate dwellings for relatives, dependants or staff will not normally be permitted and extensions to existing dwellings will be considered under Policy 13.
Special Personal Circumstances, Throughout the District, in accordance with Government advice, special personal circumstances will not be taken into account unless the issues are finely balanced.
For more information please see the Local Plan