®Planning appeal decision
2 Margarets Cottages, Speen Road, North Dean, HP14 4NH
retrospective planning application for the erection of a timber building including the demolition of the garage and slight increase in the garden curtilage to accommodate the timber building
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bowyer J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including with regard to the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the Chilterns AONB
- the effect of the proposal on biodiversity
- if the development would be inappropriate, 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 necessary to justify it
What decided it
The harm to the Green Belt through inappropriate development, loss of openness, and conflict with Green Belt purposes, combined with harm to the AONB landscape and unaddressed biodiversity concerns, was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, failing to establish the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
Substantial weight was given to harm to the Green Belt by virtue of inappropriateness, harm to openness and conflict with Green Belt purposes, and great weight to harm to the landscape and scenic beauty of the AONB; against this, other considerations including personal circumstances and removal of existing structures carried comparatively little weight and did not clearly outweigh the identified harms.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM42, Policy DM43, Policy DM30, Policy DM32, Policy DM13, Policy DM34
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.