®Planning appeal decision
Land east of Brill Road, Oakley, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9SH
the change of use of land to use as a residential Gypsy caravan site including erection of amenity building and screen fence
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Murray D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal accords with the strategy in the development plan
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area, particularly the rural landscape
- Whether the site lies in a sustainable location with reasonable accessibility
- The need for and supply of gypsy/traveller sites locally
- Other considerations including the personal circumstances of the appellant
What decided it
The combination of significant landscape harm and the unsustainable, inaccessible location outweighed the shortfall in five year gypsy/traveller site supply and the appellant's personal circumstances.
The landscape harm and poor accessibility of the site were found not to be outweighed by the shortfall in five year gypsy/traveller site supply or the appellant's personal circumstances, so the balance fell against the proposal.
Framework references: 105, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy D11, Policy NE4, Policy S2, Policy S6
Judgments cited: Lisa Smith judgment
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.