®Planning appeal decision
135 Station Road, Buckinghamshire, Quainton, HP22 4BX
demolition of existing dwelling house, stables and barn and the erection of 12 new replacement dwellings and garages
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Willis S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposal, with particular regard to the local development strategy
- The effect of the proposed development on biodiversity
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of 133a and 135a Station Road, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- Whether the proposed development would provide appropriate living conditions for future occupiers of plots 6 and 7, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- Whether the proposed development makes appropriate provision for affordable housing
- Whether the proposed development makes appropriate provision for education and leisure facilities
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan as a whole, being located outside the settlement boundary in the countryside contrary to the spatial strategy, and would cause harm to biodiversity through impacts on protected species, with no material considerations outweighing these harms.
The moderate benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing provision, and economic benefits were outweighed by the significant harm to biodiversity and the conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy requiring development to be located within the settlement boundary
Framework references: 80
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S2, Policy S3, Policy S5, Policy S7, Policy D3, Policy QP1, Policy NE1, Policy QP9, Policy BE2, Policy BE4, Policy NE4, Policy QP3, Policy BE3, Policy H1, Policy H6a, Policy QP4, Policy I2, Policy I3, Policy I5
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