St Andrews House, Wood Lane, Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 0LD

without planning permission, a material change of use to a (sui generis) mixed use, comprising residential use and the commercial short term parking of vehicles and integral to that use, the laying of hardstanding

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Hartley D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the breach of planning control constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt
The effect of the breach of planning control on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties by reason of vehicular movements and comings and goings
If the breach of planning control is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness, combined with material harm to neighbouring living conditions through increased vehicular movements, which is not clearly outweighed by other considerations to justify very special circumstances.

Framework references: 110, 115, 135, 143, 150, 154, 155

Plan policies cited: GB1, GB4, EP3, TR5

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