®Planning appeal decision
Land at Gas Works Field, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, LU7 0QN
the change of use of an agricultural building to commercial storage use
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Merrett R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area including the Mentmore Conservation Area and the Area of Attractive Landscape
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of nearby residents, with particular regard to noise, dust and fumes
- The location of the development having regard to local plan policy
- Whether any harm arising from the preceding issues is outweighed or justified by the fallback positions claimed by the appellants
What decided it
The development's failure to satisfy the criteria in Policy C1 of the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan, particularly regarding whether the building was genuinely unsuitable and redundant for agricultural use, meant it was in conflict with the development plan and this conflict could not be outweighed by the benefits claimed.
Plan policies cited: Policy BE1, Policy NE4, Policy C4, Policy BE3, Policy C1, Policy S1, Policy S2, Policy S3
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.