®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed24 November 20233307231
Building at Huckenden Farm, Cadmore End Common Road, Wheeler End, Bucks, HP14 3ND
alteration and conversion of existing building to form one - bedroom unit with parking and amenity space
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Allen K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including its effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it, having regard to local and national policy
- the effect of the proposal on protected species
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Cadmore End Common Conservation Area and the adjacent grade II listed buildings, Huckenden Farmhouse and Huckenden Farm Barn
- whether any 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 necessary to justify development
What decided it
The absence of ecological surveys to establish the effect of the proposal on protected species, which the Inspector found to be an overriding consideration that could not be addressed by condition.
Framework references: 150
Plan policies cited: Policy DM45, Policy CP11, Policy DM30, Policy DM31, Policy DM35, Policy DM34
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