OS Field 3831, Hawridge Common, Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2UQ

conversion of existing agricultural building into a residential dwelling

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Marigold O

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 its effects 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 within which the site sits
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 extent of structural works required to convert the building would be so substantial as to be tantamount to construction of a new building, failing to meet the exemption in Policy GB11 and Framework paragraph 150(d), combined with harmful effects on the openness of the Green Belt and the character and appearance of the AONB.

Framework references: 149, 150, 219

Plan policies cited: Policy GB2, Policy GB11, Policy CS22, Policy LSQ1

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