®Planning appeal decision
The Stables, Downley Common, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5YN
Planning appeal 3274150 at The Stables, Downley Common, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5YN (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was dismissed on 22 December 2021 by Inspector Parsons J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and the Development Plan.
the erection of a single storey garage and storage shed
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Parsons J
- Postcode
- HP13 5YN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and the Development Plan
- the openness of the Green Belt
- character and appearance of the area, having regard to Downley Common Conservation Area and the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial weight attached to that harm, combined with less-than-substantial but overriding harm to the Conservation Area and harm to the AONB, which are not clearly outweighed by the limited public benefits.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, the loss of openness, and the less-than-substantial but overriding harm to the Conservation Area and AONB were not clearly outweighed by the limited public benefit of improving the existing property, so very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM43Policy DM30Policy DM31Policy DM32Policy DM34Policy DM36
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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