Planning appeal decision
Ladymead Farm, Denham, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4AN
Planning appeal 3343552 at Ladymead Farm, Denham, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4AN (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was allowed on 28 November 2024 by Inspector Boughton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would comply with national planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding.
General purpose agricultural building
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Boughton A
- Postcode
- HP22 4AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would comply with national planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding
What decided it
The proposed building would be located in Flood Zone 1 for a less vulnerable agricultural use, the flood risk occurs on the existing access road which is functionally separate from the development, and applying a sequential test would serve no useful purpose as relocation would not reduce the flood risk on the access road.
the minor flood risk mitigation benefits and the reduction in agricultural traffic movements from consolidating the use at this location outweighed the policy requirement for a sequential test, which was inapplicable to the specific circumstances
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy I4 of the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 2021
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Annex 3
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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