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Allowed30 December 20223291352

The Priory, Stomp Road, Burnham, SL1 7LW

Planning appeal 3291352 at The Priory, Stomp Road, Burnham, SL1 7LW (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was allowed on 30 December 2022 by Inspector Whelan P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.

the extension and change of use of part of The Priory from B1(a) office to C2 use to provide a 75-bedroom C2 care home, with associated car parking and landscaping. Appeal ‘B’ Ref: APP/N0410/Y/22/3291353 The Priory, Stomp Road, Burnham SL1 7LW

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
community-institutional · Other minor developments
Inspector
Whelan P
Postcode
SL1 7LW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • whether the proposal would preserve the grade II listed building The Priory, Stomp Road, and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
  • the effect of the proposal on the setting of The Priory
  • the effect of the proposal on the significance of the Burnham Conservation Area (CA)
  • the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of surrounding occupiers, with particular regard to privacy and air pollution at Walnut Tree Cottage
  • whether the harm because of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The very significant benefit of the proposal in meeting a substantial identified local unmet need for C2 care home accommodation, combined with housing supply and other benefits, was found to clearly outweigh the Green Belt and heritage harms, amounting to very special circumstances.

the public benefits, including meeting an unmet need for C2 care home accommodation, contributing to general housing supply, and heritage, economic, biodiversity and locational benefits, clearly outweighed the harm to the openness of the Green Belt and the less than substantial harm to the listed building and Conservation Area, amounting to very special circumstances

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
GB1GB2GB4C1C6EP3CP8Core Policy 2CS policy 9
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 219Paragraph 137Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 197Paragraph 200Paragraph 206Paragraph 199Paragraph 202Paragraph 148Paragraph 69Paragraph 120Paragraph 11
Judgments
Wheatcroft (Bernard) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1982] JPL 37

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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