®Planning appeal decision
Model Farm, Gorelands Lane, Chalfort St Peter, HP8 4AB
Planning appeal 3316907 at Model Farm, Gorelands Lane, Chalfort St Peter, HP8 4AB (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was dismissed on 12 February 2024 by Inspector Simpson V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, with particular regard to accessibility to services, facilities, and public transport.
Residential development at Model Farm, comprising of the conversion of existing buildings to form 20no dwellings and the demolition of existing dwellings with the replacement erection of an apartment building comprising 18 no dwellings, alongside provision of associated EV car parking, private and shared amenity space, and cycle, refuse and maintenance stores
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Simpson V
- Postcode
- HP8 4AB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, with particular regard to accessibility to services, facilities, and public transport
- whether the proposals would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the size of the living accommodation, the amount and quality of outdoor spaces, and outlook
- whether adequate affordable housing provision would be made
What decided it
The adverse impacts of poor accessibility requiring car dependency, inadequate living conditions for future occupiers, and failure to secure affordable housing provision significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing supply in an area with a 2.1 year shortfall.
The moderate benefits of housing supply and economic activity during construction were substantially outweighed by the great harm arising from car dependency, inadequate living conditions, and lack of affordable housing provision, with the conflict with development plan policies attracting significant weight.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS4Policy CS26Policy H12Policy GC3Policy CS8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 109Paragraph 135Paragraph 124Paragraph 102Paragraph 70Paragraph 11
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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