Planning appeal decision
Orchard Cottage, Mopes Farm, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, SL9 0QH
Planning appeal 3290994 at Orchard Cottage, Mopes Farm, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, SL9 0QH (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was dismissed on 24 June 2022 by Inspector Sargent J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether it would be inappropriate development in this Green Belt location.
a 2-storey rear extension
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Sargent J
- Postcode
- SL9 0QH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether it would be inappropriate development in this Green Belt location
- whether its effect on the setting of the Grade II listed Mopes Farmhouse would cause harm to the significance of that designated heritage asset
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the Grade II listed building's setting, unweighed by any public benefits, was the decisive factor in dismissing the appeal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2Policy GB13Policy LB2Policy GC1Policy H15Policy CS20
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
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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