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The Orchards Park, Pickford Drive, Orchards Residential Park, Wexham, SL3 6QD
Planning appeal 3284352 at The Orchards Park, Pickford Drive, Orchards Residential Park, Wexham, SL3 6QD (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was dismissed on 12 September 2022 by Inspector Ollerenshaw M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
change of use of land for the siting of 4 residential park homes (3 relocated and 1 additional) to increase the number of residential park homes on site from 213 to 214
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ollerenshaw M
- Postcode
- SL3 6QD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework
- Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location, with regard to flood risk
- If it is inappropriate development, whether the 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 the development
What decided it
The proposal would harm Green Belt openness as inappropriate development, and the limited weight given to social, economic and housing benefits did not clearly outweigh this harm, so very special circumstances were not established.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1 of the South Bucks District Local Plan 1999Policy CP13 of the South Bucks District Core Strategy 2011
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 148Paragraph 167Paragraph 164
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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