®Planning appeal decision
West View Westfield Road, Long Crendon, Aylesbury, HP18 9EG
Planning appeal 3296752 at West View Westfield Road, Long Crendon, Aylesbury, HP18 9EG (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was dismissed on 15 May 2023 by Inspector Law T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area with specific regard to the setting of listed buildings and the Long Crendon Conservation Area.
the erection of 4no. detached houses
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Law T
- Postcode
- HP18 9EG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area with specific regard to the setting of listed buildings and the Long Crendon Conservation Area
- biodiversity
- the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers
- surface water drainage
- housing mix
- affordable housing provision
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the setting of the Long Crendon Conservation Area, which the Inspector found had no sufficient public benefits to outweigh it, combined with the failure to secure adequate biodiversity net gain mitigation.
The Inspector applied paragraph 202 of the Framework, finding that whilst the harm to the significance of the conservation area would be less than substantial, there were no public benefits sufficient to outweigh it, as the proposal was not found to be high-quality design.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
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- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 202Paragraph 130Paragraph 199Paragraph 174Paragraph 180Paragraph 167Paragraph 64Paragraph 11
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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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.