®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Pitch Green Farm, Chapel Lane, Pitch Green, Bledlow, HP27 9QG
Planning appeal 3323862 at Land Adjacent to Pitch Green Farm, Chapel Lane, Pitch Green, Bledlow, HP27 9QG (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was allowed on 26 April 2024 by Inspector Hughes L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the setting of the adjacent listed buildings.
Erection of a detached dwelling with access, parking and amenity space
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
- Postcode
- HP27 9QG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the setting of the adjacent listed buildings
- whether the proposed development would be in an appropriate location for access to services
What decided it
The material considerations in favour—precedent from similar recently approved dwellings in Pitch Green, NP support for smaller dwellings, absence of heritage or character harm, and biodiversity net gain—outweighed the harm from the site's unsustainable location.
The harm from the unsustainable location and conflict with LP settlement hierarchy policies was outweighed by the lack of heritage/character harm, precedent from recently approved dwellings with similar locational sustainability in Pitch Green, NP support for smaller dwellings, and the biodiversity net gain secured by the unilateral undertaking.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- NP Policy 1NP Policy 2NP Policy 4NP Policy 6LP Policy CP9LP Policy DM31LP Policy DM32LP Policy DM35LP Policy CP2LP Policy CP3LP Policy CP4LP Policy DM21LP Policy DM34LP Policy DM39LP Policy DM41
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 108Paragraph 109Paragraph 114Paragraph 56Paragraph 57
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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