®Planning appeal decision
Handpost Cottage, Church Road, Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9EJ
Planning appeal 3283259 at Handpost Cottage, Church Road, Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9EJ (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was dismissed on 8 December 2022 by Inspector Chalk M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether it would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect on openness, having regard to the national Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
removal of existing buildings and outside storage, cessation of storage use and erection of 3 dwellings
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Chalk M
- Postcode
- LU7 9EJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether it would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect on openness, having regard to the national Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposed development on the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area, including the Chiltern Hill Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- The management of surface water runoff
- The effect on biodiversity and ecology
- Whether the appeal site is in an appropriate location, having regard to local and national policies regarding the siting of new development
- The effect on the living conditions of existing occupiers
- The effect on trees in and adjacent to the site
- 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 proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm that is not outweighed by other considerations, and cannot proceed without an adopted strategic solution to address impacts on the Chilterns Beechwoods SAC.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S4Policy NE3Policy NE4Policy BE2Policy I4Policy NE1Policy S1Policy S2Policy S3Policy BE3Policy NE8Policy HSG2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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