The hoarding will have to come down, unless there is an appeal

A retrospective planning application to erect 2.5 metre high hoarding at Green Close in Brookmans Park has been refused by the Welwyn Hatfield Council planning committee.

The case officer confirmed the decision, following a meeting on 30 December, but said the applicant can still appeal to the Department of the Environment.

If there is an appeal, the case officer said they would inform all who had objected.

The hoarding went up in June 2008 after developers applied for planning permission to construct 14 flats.

Those plans were refused for being "too cramped, overdeveloped, unduly dominating, and failing to reflect the established character of Brookmans Park."

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2 January 2009