®Planning appeal decision
Small Acres Farm, Stoke Common Road, Fulmer , Buckinghamshire , SL3 6HA
Planning appeal 3347247 at Small Acres Farm, Stoke Common Road, Fulmer , Buckinghamshire , SL3 6HA (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 July 2026 by Inspector Goldberg V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the Framework.
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
- Appeal type
- minor · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Goldberg V
- Postcode
- SL3 6HA
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1 of the South Bucks District Local PlanCore Policy CS9 of the South Bucks Core StrategyPolicy CP9 of the Core Strategy
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 156Paragraph 157Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 143Paragraph 193
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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