®Planning appeal decision
Greenfields Farm, Grove Road, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, SL1 8DP
Planning appeal 3312570 at Greenfields Farm, Grove Road, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, SL1 8DP (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 17 July 2023 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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’)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- SL1 8DP
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy EP3Policy TR5Policy 17 of Buckinghamshire's Local Transport Plan 4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 84Paragraph 85Paragraph 111Paragraph 130
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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