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The Stables Frith Hill, South Heath, Great Missenden, HP16 9QF
Planning appeal 3332205 at The Stables Frith Hill, South Heath, Great Missenden, HP16 9QF (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was dismissed on 2 February 2026 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the building is inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
without planning permission, operational development comprising the erection of a building, the laying of hardstanding, the erection of fencing, the erection of a wall, the erection of gates, the erection of an outbuilding and the installation of an electricity box
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- HP16 9QF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the building is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- if it is inappropriate development, its effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- its effect on the Chilterns National Landscape, including the countryside
- 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 building
What decided it
The building's conflict with national and local planning policy protecting the Green Belt's openness and purpose, and the Chilterns National Landscape, provides a strong reason for refusal under NPPF footnote 7 that displaces the tilted balance, and the other considerations do not clearly outweigh this harm to constitute very special circumstances.
The substantial and significant harm to the Green Belt's openness and purpose, and significant harm to the Chilterns National Landscape, clearly outweighed the limited benefits of a single dwellinghouse towards housing supply, modest ecology and biodiversity gains, and the moderate weight of the appellant's personal circumstances, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2Policy GC1Policy LSQ1Policy CS22
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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