Planning appeal decision
Silverwood, Parsonage Lane, Farnham Common, SL2 3PA
Planning appeal 3284363 at Silverwood, Parsonage Lane, Farnham Common, SL2 3PA (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was allowed on 28 April 2022 by Inspector Willis S, 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 National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
construction of a replacement detached dwelling following demolition of all existing buildings
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Willis S
- Postcode
- SL2 3PA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the development is inappropriate, 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 realistic fallback position of implementing permitted extensions and outbuildings would cause greater harm to Green Belt openness than the proposed consolidated replacement dwelling, constituting very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy GB11Policy EP3
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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