®Planning appeal decision
Tats Wood, Chivery, Aston Clinton, HP23 6LD
Planning appeal 3296062 at Tats Wood, Chivery, Aston Clinton, HP23 6LD (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was dismissed on 30 January 2023 by Inspector Marigold O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.
Replacement dwelling following demolition of existing dwelling, garage and outbuildings
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marigold O
- Postcode
- HP23 6LD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) within which it would sit
- if the proposal is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt by reason of being materially larger than the dwelling it replaces and would diminish openness, and the other considerations do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and to its openness, together with moderate harm to character and appearance, outweighed the moderate benefits from energy and carbon savings, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S4Policy H4Policy NE3Policy BE2Policy NE2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Notice upheld23 February 20263349116Upper Little London Farm, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, HP22 6QQ
- Notice upheld2 December 20253332280Fairview Farm, Fenny Road, Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, MK17 9BN
- Allowed17 November 2025337300529 Chalkshire Road , Butlers Cross, Buckinghamshire , HP17 0TS
- Dismissed22 July 202533662871 Hang Hill Cottage, Painsend Road, Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks, HP23 6JX
- Dismissed29 January 2025334430898 Ellesborough Road, Wendover, Aylesbury, HP22 6EW
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.