®Planning appeal decision
Red Furlong Farm, Poundon, Bicester, OX27 9BG
Planning appeal 3291544 at Red Furlong Farm, Poundon, Bicester, OX27 9BG (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 10 February 2023 by Inspector Pleasant L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's deemed refusal to grant a LDC for an existing use or development was well founded.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the land to parking commercial vehicles with associated development comprising the laying of hard standing including (but not limited to) gravel, tarmac and stone
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- OX27 9BG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's deemed refusal to grant a LDC for an existing use or development was well founded.
- Whether as a matter of fact the Land was in use for parking commercial vehicles.
- Whether the development is acceptable in principle in this location, having regard to local and national planning policy.
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area, including the effect on the historic landscape.
- Whether hard standing was laid as a matter of fact.
- The effect on the character and appearance of the countryside, including the historic landscape.
What decided it
The balance between the limited, non-substantial harm to the character of the countryside and the environmental/infrastructure benefits of a temporary holding pen supporting HS2 and East West Rail Link, combined with the established lawful prior use of the site, determined that the appeals should succeed.
the benefits of the development, including reuse of vacant brownfield land and support for the delivery of nationally important infrastructure, outweighed the limited, non-substantial harm to the character and appearance of the countryside and conflict with Policies S3 and NE4
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S1Policy S3Policy NE4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 203
- Judgments
- Crawley Borough Council V Hickmet Limited [1998] 75.P&CR 500
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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