®Planning appeal decision
Barn off Winchendon Road, Chearsley, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0DP
Planning appeal 3348349 at Barn off Winchendon Road, Chearsley, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0DP (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was dismissed on 27 February 2025 by Inspector Long M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposal having regard to the development plan and national policy.
the demolition of existing agricultural barn and erection of residential dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Long M
- Postcode
- HP18 0DP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposal having regard to the development plan and national policy
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including its landscape
What decided it
The significant harm to character and appearance caused by the proposed dwelling's stark industrial aesthetic and domestic appearance, which would be discordant with the rural landscape and substantially worse than the fallback barn conversion, outweighs the limited housing benefits in the absence of a five-year supply.
The significant harms to principle and character and appearance, weighted against the moderate weight of the fallback position and the limited social and economic benefits of a single dwelling, with the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S2 (Spatial strategy for growth)Policy D5 (Housing at other settlements)Policy BE2 (Design of new development)Policy NE4 (Landscape character and locally important landscape)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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