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Dismissed3 October 20233316731

Bracken View Hawridge Common, Hawridge, Chesham, HP5 2UQ

Planning appeal 3316731 at Bracken View Hawridge Common, Hawridge, Chesham, HP5 2UQ (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was dismissed on 3 October 2023 by Inspector Rawle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any other relevant development plan policies.

a ground floor extension and separate first floor extension with amendments to fenestration on side elevation

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Rawle S
Postcode
HP5 2UQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any other 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, having particular regard to the effect on the Cholesbury & Hawridge Conservation Area and the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
  • whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for the existing occupants of Ridge Cottage, with respect to privacy
  • if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the resulting harm and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and by definition, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to outweigh this harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
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National Planning Policy Framework
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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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