Barns Grymsdyke Farm, Main Road, Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, HP27 0RB

Planning appeal 3346978 at Barns Grymsdyke Farm, Main Road, Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, HP27 0RB (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was dismissed on 6 February 2025 by Inspector Rawle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not residential use on the appeal site would represent an appropriate land use having regard to its existing status as a Scattered Business Site.

the demolition of existing buildings and erection of 5 No. dwellings with associated parking and landscaping

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Rawle S
Postcode: HP27 0RB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not residential use on the appeal site would represent an appropriate land use having regard to its existing status as a Scattered Business Site

What decided it

The appellant failed to undertake appropriate marketing of the site for sale, and consequently did not clearly demonstrate that re-use for employment-generating uses is no longer practicable, which is required by Policy DM5 of the development plan.

The moderate weight afforded to housing supply benefits and other benefits was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant weight afforded to the harm from loss of employment land on an existing Scattered Business Site

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DM5 of the Adopted Delivery and Site Allocations Plan, July 2013
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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