Windermere, Chinnor Road, Bledlow Ridge, Buckinghamshire, HP14 4AA

described on the application form as “A two-storey front extension, gable alterations including replacement of existing hip roof with 2no. gable ends, new dormer windows to front and rear, replacement rooflights to rear and relocation of small shed to front

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Fallon R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the existing dwelling and wider area.

What decided it

The development would be harmful to the character and appearance of the existing dwelling and wider area, conflicting with development plan policies and NPPF paragraphs 126, 130 and 134 which require high quality, well-designed development that is sympathetic to local character, and the limited benefits identified do not outweigh this identified harm.

Framework references: 126, 130, 134

Plan policies cited: Policy CP9, Policy DM30, Policy DM35, Policy DM36, Policy 6 of the Neighbourhood Plan, Policy 5 of the Neighbourhood Plan

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.