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Land on the East Side of Crow Piece Lane, East Burnham Summerleaze Quarry, Farnham Lane, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, SL2 3SD
Planning appeal 3309945 at Land on the East Side of Crow Piece Lane, East Burnham Summerleaze Quarry, Farnham Lane, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, SL2 3SD (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 6 September 2023 by Inspector Shields T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the effect on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt.
change of use of land to create equestrian facility including siting of buildings associated with facility and laying out of ménage
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shields T
- Postcode
- SL2 3SD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the effect on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect on the character and appearance of the area
- if inappropriate development, whether any harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The more compact and reduced-scale layout of facilities proposed in Appeal C avoided the harm to the character and appearance of the area found in the more spread-out layouts of Appeals A and B.
The recreational, health and wellbeing benefits of the equestrian use were common to all three appeals, but only in Appeal C were these not outweighed by conflict with LP Policy R5, leading to Appeal C being allowed and Appeals A and B being dismissed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy R5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 145
- Judgments
- Sykes v Secretary of State for the Environment (1981) 42 P & CR 19; Fox v First Secretary of State (2003) EWHC 887 Admin; Turner v SSCLG & East Dorset Council [2016] EWCA Civ 466; R (on the application of Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) and others) (Respondents) v North Yorkshire County Council (Appellant) [2020] UKSC 3
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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