274 Asheridge Road, Chesham, HP5 2QH

Planning appeal 3334258 at 274 Asheridge Road, Chesham, HP5 2QH (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was dismissed on 8 April 2024 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

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Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Shearing C
Postcode: HP5 2QH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effects on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to meet Policy GB13 criteria for residential annexes and causes harm to openness, with the family care benefit not clearly outweighing the substantial Green Belt harm required to establish very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GB2Policy GB13Policy GB15
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 142Paragraph 154

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