Tifnams, Owlswick Lane, Owlswick, Bucks, HP27 9RJ

the alteration and subdivision of the existing dwelling to form two dwellings with parking and amenity space

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Parsons J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for a new dwelling, having regard to local and national planning policy for the delivery of housing

What decided it

The proposal conflicts with the local plan's settlement strategy and sustainable development policies by locating new residential development in a rural area with poor accessibility to services and facilities by sustainable transport modes, and this conflict with the development plan is not outweighed by material considerations in the Framework.

Framework references: 11, 214

Plan policies cited: Policy CP3, Policy DM21, Policy DM33, Policy DM42, Policy DM43, Policy DM44, Policy DM45, Policy RUR5, Policy RUR6

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.