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Dismissed8 January 20243313350

Orchard Herbs, Lake End Road, Dorney, SL4 6QS

Planning appeal 3313350 at Orchard Herbs, Lake End Road, Dorney, SL4 6QS (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was dismissed on 8 January 2024 by Inspector Butcher H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

an ultra-advanced multi-dimensional highly sustainable renewable energy park with high-capacity battery storage, 416 bedroom hotel, and two office units, extensive landscaping/planting and vertical foresting to buildings, bio gas waste digester energy unit, incorporating alternative and emerging transport solutions and an advanced educational facility. Summary of Recommendation: The appeal be dismissed

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Butcher H
Postcode
SL4 6QS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • Whether the proposal would preserve the setting of surrounding listed buildings, and the effect of the development on the significance of nearby conservation areas
  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
  • The effect of the proposal on highway safety and the surrounding highway network
  • The effect of the development on flood risk and surface water drainage
  • The effect of the development on the vitality of town centres
  • 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 required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, combined with the great weight given to less than substantial heritage harm and significant harms to character and appearance, highway safety and flood risk, were not clearly outweighed by the economic and other benefits, such that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GB1Policy GB4Policy T2Policy EP3Policy TR5Policy TR7Policy 6Policy 7Policy 8Policy 9Policy 10Policy 11Policy 13
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 38Paragraph 48Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 91Paragraph 92Paragraph 111Paragraph 139Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 156Paragraph 200Paragraph 208

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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