Land at Deep Mill Diner, London Road, Little Kingshill, Buckinghamshire, HP16 0DH

without planning permission, a material change of use of the Land to a mixed use comprising of agricultural, restaurant and ancillary residential accommodation and the storage of vehicles (the Unauthorised Use) and integral to the unauthorised use, the laying of hardstanding and erection of fencing and gates

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Buchanan R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the fencing and gates on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
the effect of the fencing and gates on the Chilterns National Landscape
whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the fencing and gates

What decided it

The fencing and gates cause appreciable harm to Green Belt openness and significant harm to the Chilterns National Landscape, with no very special circumstances to justify the inappropriate development.

Framework references: 142

Plan policies cited: Policy GB2, Policy GC1, Policy GC12, Policy LSQ1, Policy CS20, Policy CS22

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