®Planning appeal decision
The Priory, Stomp Road, Burnham, SL1 7LW
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
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
Framework references: 219, 137, 149, 150, 197, 200, 206, 199, 202, 148, 69, 120, 11
Plan policies cited: GB1, GB2, GB4, C1, C6, EP3, CP8, Core Policy 2, CS policy 9
Judgments cited: Wheatcroft (Bernard) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1982] JPL 37
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.