®Planning appeal decision
Greenfields Farm, Grove Road, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, SL1 8DP
without planning permission a material change of use of the land to a mixed use comprising of residential, equestrian and vehicle sales (sui generis) (the ‘unauthorised use’)
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use for vehicle sales constitutes inappropriate development, having regard to the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt, the Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- The effect on highway safety
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations and whether this would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify granting planning permission for the use
What decided it
The use constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and purposes, with unacceptable harm to character and appearance and highway safety, and the limited economic benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm or constitute very special circumstances.
Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 149, 150, 84, 85, 111, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy EP3, Policy TR5, Policy 17 of Buckinghamshire's Local Transport Plan 4
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