®Planning appeal decision
Model Farm, Gorelands Lane, Chalfort St Peter, HP8 4AB
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
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Simpson V
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.
Framework references: 109, 135, 124, 102, 70, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CS4, Policy CS26, Policy H12, Policy GC3, Policy CS8
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.