®Planning appeal decision
Land west of Moreton Road and Castlemilk, Moreton Road, Buckingham, Buckinhamshire
the erection of 130 dwellings, associated access and parking, landscaping and amenity space and the change of use of land from agriculture to use as sports pitches/recreational open space and informal open space
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- other · Called In Planning Application
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Baird G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the extent to which the proposed development is consistent with Government policies for achieving well designed places, as set out in the NPPF (Chapter 12)
- the extent to which the proposed development is consistent with the guidance on design set out the National Design Guide (2021) and the National Model Design Code (2021)
- the extent to which the proposed development is consistent with the development plan for the area
- any other matters the Inspector considers relevant
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance, and the significant benefits of market housing, affordable housing and public open space outweighed the limited landscape and agricultural land harms.
The significant weight afforded to market housing, affordable housing and public open space provision, together with moderate weight for ecological and other benefits, outweighed the limited weight given to adverse landscape impact and loss of BMV agricultural land, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied and permission was granted.
Framework references: 8, 10, 11, 48, 56, 57, 60, 74, 92, 98, 100, 110, 111, 126, 127, 128, 130, 132, 152, 154, 161, 162, 164, 166, 167, 174, 179, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy S2, Policy S3, Policy D2, Policy BUC043, Policy H1, Policy H5, Policy H6a, Policy H6c, Policy T1, Policy T3, Policy T4, Policy T5, Policy T6, Policy T7, Policy T8, Policy BE1, Policy BE2, Policy BE3, Policy BE4, Policy C3, Policy NE1, Policy NE4, Policy NE8, Policy I1, Policy I2, Policy I4, Policy I5, Policy HP1, Policy HP4, Policy HP5, Policy DHE1, Policy DHE2, Policy DHE4, Policy DHE5, Policy DHE6, Policy CLH2, Policy I3
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft v Secretary of State for the Environment: CA 1982; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council for the London Borough of Hackney November 2017 [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin); Patrick Hardcastle v Buckinghamshire Council [2022] EWHC 2905 (Admin)
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