Planning appeal decision
Windermere Spurlands End Road, Great Kingshill, High Wycombe, HP15 6JA
Planning appeal 3343374 at Windermere Spurlands End Road, Great Kingshill, High Wycombe, HP15 6JA (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was dismissed on 13 January 2025 by Inspector Bowden N, 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 Framework and any relevant development plan policies including the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.
the construction of 5 x single storey detached modular buildings comprising storage, change room and toilet/shower room
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Bowden N
- Postcode
- HP15 6JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies including the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the development would conserve and enhance the Chilterns National Landscape (formerly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)
- 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 harms openness and fails to conserve the National Landscape, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CP8DM42DM43DM30DM32
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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