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Planning permission granted14 December 20213266826

20 Smallholding, Oxford Road, Denham, Denham, Buckinghamshire, UB9 4DG

Planning appeal 3266826 at 20 Smallholding, Oxford Road, Denham, Denham, Buckinghamshire, UB9 4DG (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was allowed on 14 December 2021 by Inspector Cook B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the openness of the Green Belt.

without planning permission the unauthorised material change of use of the Land from agricultural use to a sui generis use for vehicle and plant haulage and plant hire including the outdoor parking and storage of vehicles, plant and machinery and the carrying out of operational development facilitating and integral to the unauthorised material change of use, comprising the following: a) the construction of a building as a workshop and offices on the Land in the approximate position shown cross hatched and marked ‘A’ on the Plan attached to the notice (“the Building”); and b) the laying of concrete hardstanding on the Land located in the approximate position shown dotted and labelled ‘B’ on the Plan attached to the notice (“the Hardstanding”)

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Cook B
Postcode
UB9 4DG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area
  • Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The specific locational requirements of the appellant's business as a specialist haulage supplier to Network Rail and abnormal loads operator, combined with the realistic fallback position of the 2008 permission development, clearly outweigh the limited harm to Green Belt openness and justify very special circumstances.

The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and limited harm to openness (attracting substantial weight) was clearly outweighed by significant weight given to the fallback position and the specific business needs, some weight to local employment, and limited weight to lack of alternative sites, resulting in very special circumstances justifying the development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GB1 of the South Bucks District Local PlanPolicy EP3 of the South Bucks District Local PlanCore Policy 8 of the South Bucks Core Strategy
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 219

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