®Planning appeal decision
Putnam Construction Services Ltd, Oving Road, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4RJ
without planning permission, the material change of use of land from agriculture to a mixed use of storage, parking, residential, and depot use with associated operational development consisting of the creation of hard standing and earth bunds, and the construction of buildings
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shields T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is in a sustainable location
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the countryside from the unsustainable, urbanising development significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits and other considerations advanced in support of the appeal.
the totality of harm from the unsustainable location and significant harm to landscape character significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited employment, housing and human-rights-related benefits, so the appeal was dismissed
Framework references: 85, 89
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy S2, Policy S3, Policy C1, Policy D6, Policy NE4, Policy BE2, Policy WAD1
Judgments cited: Nelsovil v SSE [1962] 13 P&CR 151; Thrasyvoulou v SSE & Hackney LBC (No1) [1984] JPL 732; Gabbitas v SSE & Newham LBC [1985] JPL 630; Ravensdale Ltd v SSCLG & Waltham Forest LBC [2016] EWHC 2374 (Admin); Oates v SSCLG [2018] EWCA Civ 2229; Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1982] 47 P&CR 142; [1983] JPL 307; Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest RDC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; Murfitt v SSE & East Cambridgeshire DC [1980] JPL 598; Caldwell & Timberstore Ltd v SSLUHC & Buckinghamshire Council [2024] EWCA Civ 467; Oates v SSCLG & Canterbury CC [2017] EWHC 2716 (Admin), [2018] EWCA Civ 2229; [2019] JPL 251
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.