®Planning appeal decision
Small Acres Farm, Stoke Common Road, Fulmer , Buckinghamshire , SL3 6HA
Without planning permission, a material change of use of the Land, to a mixed use comprising of agricultural and residential and to facilitate the unauthorised use, the erection of a dwelling
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Goldberg V
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the Framework
- the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the development on the Burnham Beeches Special Area of Conservation
- the effect of the development on biodiversity
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, including whether there is an essential need for a dwelling to accommodate a rural worker at the site, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The substantial harm to the Green Belt arising from inappropriate development and loss of spatial openness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of housing supply and operational convenience, as no essential need for a rural worker's dwelling was established.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of spatial openness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of housing supply contribution and operational advantages, as an essential functional need for permanent residential occupation was not demonstrated.
Framework references: 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 110, 115, 143, 193
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1 of the South Bucks District Local Plan, Core Policy CS9 of the South Bucks Core Strategy, Policy CP9 of the Core Strategy
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.