®Planning appeal decision
Wilton Park, Park Lane, Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire, HP9 2WH
Planning appeal 3314373 at Wilton Park, Park Lane, Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire, HP9 2WH (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was dismissed on 30 June 2023 by Inspector Harrington S, 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 National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies and any effects on openness.
conversion of existing building into a one bed dwelling. Alterations to the access, removal of hard standing and replaced with soft landscaping
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Harrington S
- Postcode
- HP9 2WH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies and any effects on openness
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The appeal building's temporary planning permission status meant it could not be treated as permanent construction, and even if it could, the proposal would not preserve Green Belt openness, and the moderate benefit of one additional dwelling did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt.
The moderate benefit of providing an additional dwelling to address the Council's housing land supply shortfall did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness, and very special circumstances were not established.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy GB2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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