®Planning appeal decision
Church Street, Quainton, HP22 4AP
Planning appeal 3327583 at Church Street, Quainton, HP22 4AP (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was allowed on 7 February 2024 by Inspector Marshall E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is acceptable in principle with regard to the location and spatial strategy.
removal of existing development and the construction of a self/custom build single storey dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marshall E
- Postcode
- HP22 4AP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is acceptable in principle with regard to the location and spatial strategy
- The impact of the proposal upon the character and appearance of the locality
What decided it
The combination of the site being previously developed, in close proximity to the settlement boundary, capable of being accessed by sustainable transport modes, and the proposal representing a visual improvement over the existing equestrian use, together with the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, meant the benefits of allowing the appeal outweighed any adverse impacts.
The benefits of housing delivery (including self-build provision), reuse of previously developed land, visual improvement of the site, and sustainable location outweighed the limited harm from a single dwelling outside the settlement boundary, in the context of the tilted balance arising from the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- NP Policy QP1NP Policy QP3VALP Policy S1VALP Policy S2VALP Policy S3VALP Policy D3VALP Policy BE2VALP Policy NE4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 67Paragraph 68Paragraph 70Paragraph 76Paragraph 80Paragraph 84Paragraph 109
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.
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.