®Planning appeal decision
Split Decision20 November 20243315700
Sutton Lane, Langley, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL3 8AH
Change of use of former garden centre (A1) to storage and distribution (B8) relating to stone products- retrospective
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Curnow R
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
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- 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 fallback position of unrestricted external storage associated with a lawful garden centre use meant the B8 use would preserve Green Belt openness when properly conditioned, and the proposal therefore did not require very special circumstances to be justified.
Framework references: 152, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.