®Planning appeal decision
Land at Bellswood Farm, Bellswood Lane, Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 0LU
Planning appeal 3270966 at Land at Bellswood Farm, Bellswood Lane, Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 0LU (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 27 October 2021 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2021) and any relevant development plan policies.
Without planning permission, the carrying out of operational development comprising the following: a) the construction of a building on the Land in the approximate position shown cross hatched and marked ‘A’ on the Plan (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 (the “Hardstanding”)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Symons G
- Postcode
- SL0 0LU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2021) and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and character and appearance caused by the building's unjustifiably excessive scale was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist to justify the development.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness, combined with substantial harm to character and appearance, was not clearly outweighed by the limited weight given to fallback positions, so the development could not be justified.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- GB1EP3CP8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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