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Dismissed11 September 20243332257

Land at Gomm Valley, Gomm Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP10 8HB

Planning appeal 3332257 at Land at Gomm Valley, Gomm Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP10 8HB (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was dismissed on 11 September 2024 by Inspector Woodward M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the proposal on highway safety and capacity.

-hybrid application consisting of a phased delivery of: full planning application for construction of 79 dwellings (Class C3) including associated vehicular access, areas of open space, ecological enhancements, hard and soft landscaping, and associated infrastructure. Outline application for 4 custom-build units within Parcel 1 and up to 461 dwellings (Class C3), a 1FE primary school and early years provision, up to 1.4 hectares of employment land to provide flexible floorspace of Class E(g), B2 and B8 uses and up to 201m² of community floorspace (Class F2) within Parcels 2-8 together with ecological enhancements, green open spaces, hard and soft landscaping and associated highways and drainage infrastructure (with matters reserved as shown in the Application Boundary Plan 21020 S202)

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Unknown
Inspector
Woodward M
Postcode
HP10 8HB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effects of the proposal on highway safety and capacity.
  • The effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to landscape and visual effects.
  • Whether the scheme would achieve a well-designed place, having regard to its design attributes, and the living conditions of potential future occupiers of the proposed development.
  • The suitability of the proposal having regard to accessibility, specifically the provision of wheelchair user dwellings.
  • Biodiversity effects of the proposal, including on ancient woodland, having regard to mitigation and enhancement.

What decided it

The unacceptable impact of the proposal on highway safety and capacity at the A40 corridor and Gomm Road junction, arising from insufficiently robust traffic modelling, was the decisive factor.

The very substantial harm from unacceptable highway safety and capacity impacts, together with limited-weight conflict on wheelchair accessibility, were not outweighed by the significant and great weight benefits of housing, affordable housing, the school, employment, custom-build plots and biodiversity enhancements, such that the proposal conflicted with the development plan as a whole and the material considerations did not indicate a decision otherwise.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy HW6Policy CP7Policy DM33Policy DM2Policy DM19Policy CP9Policy DM32Policy DM35Policy DM41Policy DM22Policy DM16Policy CP10Policy DM34Policy DM11Policy DM13Policy DM14Policy DM6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 114Paragraph 115Paragraph 135Paragraph 138Paragraph 139Paragraph 186
Judgments
Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin); Satnam Millenium v SSHCLG [2019] EWHC 2631 (Admin); MMF(UK) v SSCLG [2010] EWHC 3686 (Admin)

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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