®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Bay Tree Cottage, The Gardens, Adstock, Buckinghamshire, MK18 2JF
erection of a new two storey dwelling and associated landscaping works
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Harding C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would accord with the Council's development strategy in relation to the location of residential development
- whether the proposal would deliver biodiversity net gain
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with the spatial strategy for residential development location and failure to secure biodiversity net gain through an enforceable planning obligation meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits under the tilted balance.
Under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii), the modest housing contribution (4.7 years supply shortfall), economic benefits and minor family and security benefits were outweighed by the conflict with spatial strategy and failure to deliver biodiversity net gain, such that adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed benefits.
Framework references: 11, 60, 85
Plan policies cited: VALP Policy S1, VALP Policy S2, VALP Policy S3, VALP Policy D4, VALP Policy NE1, VALP Policy NE4
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v SSCLG and Gravesham BC [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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