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The Walled Garden Adjacent to Cliveden Stud Cottages, Cliveden Road, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0HL
Planning appeal 3343403 at The Walled Garden Adjacent to Cliveden Stud Cottages, Cliveden Road, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0HL (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was dismissed on 20 November 2024 by Inspector Guest H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
application for two family homes (Class C3), within an existing walled garden adjacent to the Cliveden Stud Cottages”
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Guest H
- Postcode
- SL6 0HL
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- 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 PlanSaved Policy EP3 of the Local Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 126Paragraph 129Paragraph 135Paragraph 139Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154
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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