®Planning appeal decision
2 Sycamore Cottages, Church Road, Lane End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3HL
Planning appeal 3262275 at 2 Sycamore Cottages, Church Road, Lane End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3HL (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 20 August 2021 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the dwelling on the character and appearance of the area, including the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and whether the character or appearance of the Lane End Conservation Area (CA) is preserved or enhanced.
without planning permission a material change of use of detached outbuilding to self-contained independent dwelling
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- HP14 3HL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the dwelling on the character and appearance of the area, including the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and whether the character or appearance of the Lane End Conservation Area (CA) is preserved or enhanced
- The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of adjoining residential property, having regard to privacy, noise and disturbance and the vehicle parking arrangements
- Whether suitable living conditions are provided for the existing and future occupiers of the dwelling, having regard to private outdoor amenity space
What decided it
The dwelling caused unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area, the conservation area and AONB, unacceptable harm to the living conditions of adjoining residents, and failed to provide suitable living conditions for its own occupiers, such that it did not accord with the Development Plan and was inconsistent with the Framework.
The harm to the significance of the conservation area (less than substantial) was weighed against any public benefits, and the Inspector found no public benefits provided by the dwelling which outweighed the harm to the heritage asset.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LP Policy CP9LP Policy DM30LP Policy DM35LP Policy CP11LP Policy DM31LP Policy DM33
- Judgments
- Richmond upon Thames LBC v SSE [1972] 224 EG 1555; Ioannou v SSCLG & LB Enfield [2014] EWCA Civ 1432
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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