®Planning appeal decision
Bourbon Court, Nightingales Corner, Little Chalfont, HP7 9QS
demolition of existing office block and redevelopment of site with the erection of a four storey building comprising seven apartments and a two storey building comprising two apartments. Associated parking, bike storage and amenity space
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Teasdale N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of existing occupiers of the adjoining dwellings, Westside and 11 The Hawthorns (No 11) with particular regard to outlook and privacy
- The effect of the proposed development on parking in the area
- Whether satisfactory provision for refuse collections can be provided
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the living conditions of occupiers of Westside through loss of outlook and privacy, combined with the significant parking shortfall and inability to provide satisfactory refuse collection arrangements, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of the development even under the tilted balance test.
The adverse impacts in respect of the main issues (harm to living conditions of Westside, parking impacts, and refuse collection problems) to which significant weight was attributed significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of brownfield redevelopment, energy efficiency improvements, and provision of nine dwellings, when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole
Framework references: 11, 12
Plan policies cited: Policy GC1, Policy GC3, Policy CS20
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.