®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Bay Tree Cottage, The Gardens, Adstock, Buckinghamshire, MK18 2JF
Planning appeal 3339577 at Land North of Bay Tree Cottage, The Gardens, Adstock, Buckinghamshire, MK18 2JF (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was dismissed on 10 September 2024 by Inspector Harding C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would accord with the Council's development strategy in relation to the location of residential development.
erection of a new two storey dwelling and associated landscaping works
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Harding C
- Postcode
- MK18 2JF
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- VALP Policy S1VALP Policy S2VALP Policy S3VALP Policy D4VALP Policy NE1VALP Policy NE4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 60Paragraph 85
- Judgments
- Julian Wood v SSCLG and Gravesham BC [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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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