®Planning appeal decision
Land Between A404 And Water Sports Club, Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, SL7 1BU
a material change of use of the land to use for the parking of motor vehicles, and integral to that use the installation of lighting, erection of fencing, laying of hardstanding, landscaping buffers between parking spaces and installation of electricity box
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the development on Little Marlow Lakes Country Park
- the effect of the development upon biodiversity and protected species
- the effect of the development on existing trees
- if the development is inappropriate development, 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 it
What decided it
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm from loss of openness and conflict with Green Belt purposes, combined with harm to character and appearance and failure to deliver biodiversity net gain, is not outweighed by the moderate social and economic benefits of supporting the business park.
Framework references: 11, 143, 152, 154, 155, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy CP8, Policy DM42, Policy CP9, Policy DM35, Policy DM37, Policy RUR4, Policy CP7, Policy CP10, Policy DM34, Policy DM11, Policy DM13, Policy DM14
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.