®Planning appeal decision
Land at Hunts Hill Farm, Hunts Hill Lane, Naphill, Buckinghamshire, HP14 4RJ
without planning permission, the construction of a swimming pool and enclosure
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Fleming D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy
- the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to its location within the Chilterns AONB
- whether harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The enclosure exceeds the 140 cubic metre volume limit for residential outbuildings in the Green Belt under Policy DM43 and causes loss of openness, constituting inappropriate development that cannot be justified by very special circumstances.
Framework references: 137
Plan policies cited: Policy CP8 Protecting the Green Belt, Policy DM43 The Replacement or Extension of Dwellings in the Green Belt (Including Outbuildings), Policy DM30 The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Policy DM35 Placemaking and Design Quality, Policy DM32 Landscape Character and Settlement Patterns
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.