®Planning appeal decision
7 Grayling Close, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BA
Planning appeal 3283625 at 7 Grayling Close, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BA (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was dismissed on 7 November 2022 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the material change of use to residential garden and the operations including construction of a retaining wall, fencing, decking and barbecue shelter constitutes inappropriate development having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and the Development Plan, including the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt.
without planning permission, a material change of use of the land to residential garden, together with the undertaking of engineering operations to level the land, and the erection of decking, fencing, BBQ shelter and retaining walls
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- SL7 2BA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use to residential garden and the operations including construction of a retaining wall, fencing, decking and barbecue shelter constitutes inappropriate development having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and the Development Plan, including the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- 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 granting permission for the development that has been carried out
What decided it
The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to preserve openness and encroaches into the countryside, with no other considerations that would clearly outweigh this harm to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP8 of the Wycombe District Local PlanPolicy DM42 of the Wycombe District Local Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 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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