®Planning appeal decision
Land at Hillview Paddocks, Carters Lane, North Marston, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3GY
‘Without planning permission, the material change of use of a building to a single residential dwelling’
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the site is a suitable location for residential development
- The effect on highway safety and parking provision
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the modest contribution to housing supply outweighed the moderate harm to character and appearance when assessed against Framework policies taken as a whole.
The moderate harm to character and appearance of the building and its setting, limited by scale and visibility, was outweighed by the considerable benefit of housing delivery in the context of the shortfall in housing land supply; the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
Framework references: 11, 57, 58, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy S3, Policy C1, Policy T1, Policy T5, Policy T6, Policy T8
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.