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Notice varied and upheld9 December 20243320988

Putnam Construction Services Ltd, Oving Road, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4RJ

Planning appeal 3320988 at Putnam Construction Services Ltd, Oving Road, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4RJ (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 9 December 2024 by Inspector Shields T, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is in a sustainable location.

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S1Policy S2Policy S3Policy C1Policy D6Policy NE4Policy BE2Policy WAD1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 85Paragraph 89
Judgments
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

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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