®Planning appeal decision
The Walled Garden Adjacent to Cliveden Stud Cottages, Cliveden Road, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0HL
application for two family homes (Class C3), within an existing walled garden adjacent to the Cliveden Stud Cottages”
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Guest H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework
- the effect of the proposal on biodiversity, with particular regard to protected species, and whether a net gain in biodiversity would be achieved
- whether proposed Dwelling 01 would provide adequate living conditions for future residents, with particular regard to the outlook from and light received to a first-floor bedroom
- on the basis that the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with greater impact on openness than the existing use, and the modest housing benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm and the other identified harms to justify very special circumstances.
The modest contribution of two dwellings to the District's housing supply and modest environmental, social and economic benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial weight afforded to the harm from inappropriate Green Belt development, the unresolved harm to protected species and biodiversity, and the inadequate living conditions for future occupants.
Framework references: 11, 126, 129, 135, 139, 152, 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy GB1 of the South Bucks District Local Plan (Adopted March 1999, Consolidated September 2007 and February 2011), Core Policy 9 of the South Bucks Local Development Framework Core Strategy Development Plan Document (2011), Saved Policy EP5 of the Local Plan, Saved Policy EP3 of the Local Plan
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.