®Planning appeal decision
Fenton Civil Engineering Ltd, Rowan Tree Farm Blackwell Hall Lane, Ley Hill, CHESHAM, HP5 1UN
a material change of use of the Land to a mixed use comprising agriculture, civil engineering contractor’s depot, residential occupation of log cabin by persons not connected to agriculture and the stationing of storage containers. That is a use that does not fall within any Use Class in the UCO. It is a Sui Generis use. 35. I conclude that, on the balance of probability, the matters stated in the notice have occurred. Accordingly, the appeal on ground (b) fails. The appeal on ground (d) 36. The appeal on this ground is that, at the date on which the notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of any breach of planning Appeal
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Freer P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the notice is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect, if any, on the character and appearance of the area, including whether the development conserves or enhances the Chilterns National Landscape
- If the breach of planning control alleged in the notice 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 the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to preserve openness and significantly harms the character and scenic beauty of the Chilterns National Landscape, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justify it.
Framework references: 11, 143, 153, 154, 155, 187, 189
Plan policies cited: Policy GB2, Policy GC1, Policy LSQ1, Policy CS22
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