®Planning appeal decision
Land Lying to the West of Wendover Road, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5TJ
Planning appeal 3262874 at Land Lying to the West of Wendover Road, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5TJ (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 28 September 2021 by Inspector Dudley G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.
a material change in the use of the land to a mixed use, comprising the importation, deposit and processing of waste material, storage of plant, machinery and vehicles associated with the importation, deposit and processing of waste material, general open storage of plant, machinery, vehicles and containers and parking of vehicles and operational development comprising the creation of hardstanding and the siting of any paraphernalia associated with the elements of the unauthorised mixed use
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Change of use
- Inspector
- Dudley G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- The effect on ecology
What decided it
The parking use serves legitimate operational needs for adjacent businesses and would have minimal impact on character and appearance when landscaped, with ecological benefits from habitat creation outweighing any harm, whereas the waste-related activities must cease as they have no planning justification.
The economic benefits of retaining parking for two businesses and the landscaping and ecological benefits outweighed the visual harm from the parking area and non-compliance with land allocation policies, but only in relation to parking; the waste-related uses had no offsetting benefits and were refused.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- AVDLP Policy GP8AVDLP Policy GP35AVDLP Policy 95Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan
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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