®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Meadowbrook House, Lower Icknield Way, Longwick, Buckinghamshire, HP27 9RZ
application for permission in principle for the development of 7 - 9 dwellings onsite
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Simpson V
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The proposal would erode the rural identity of Longwick and contribute to coalescence of settlements contrary to the development plan, and would conflict with flood risk policy due to the absence of a flood risk assessment demonstrating compliance with the sequential and exceptions tests.
The limited benefits of housing delivery were outweighed by the harms caused by degradation of rural identity, contribution to coalescence of settlements, and flood risk concerns.
Framework references: 60, 159, 167
Plan policies cited: Policy PR4, Policy PR5, Policy RUR5, Policy DM32, Policy DM21, Policy DM39, Policy A3 of the Longwick-cum-Ilmer Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan 2018
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