®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Bluebells , Stony Lane , Little Kingshill, Bucks , HP16 0DS
erection of detached dwelling adjacent and vehicular access
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Edwards J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the policies of the Chiltern District Local Plan 1997 and the National Planning Policy Framework
- whether the proposed pathway would provide an attractive pedestrian access
What decided it
The Council's failure to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the moderate weight attached to housing delivery benefits, outweighed the modest harm from the unattractive pedestrian pathway, triggering the presumption in favour of sustainable development under Framework paragraph 11(d)(ii).
The moderate weight given to housing supply benefits outweighed the modest weight of the adverse impacts from the unattractive pedestrian pathway, such that the identified harm would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, justifying permission under the tilted balance.
Framework references: 149, 92, 130, 11
Plan policies cited: LP policy GB2, LP policy GB4, LP policy GB5, CS policy CS20, CS policy CS24
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.