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Dismissed2 September 20253351933

Riverside, Old Mill Road, Hunton Bridge, WD4 8QT

Planning appeal 3351933 at Riverside, Old Mill Road, Hunton Bridge, WD4 8QT (Three Rivers District Council) was dismissed on 2 September 2025 by Inspector Davies E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework.

erection of two detached outbuildings

Authority
Three Rivers District Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Davies E
Postcode
WD4 8QT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework
  • The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposed development on flood risk, flood defences and maintenance of the adjacent River Gade and Grand Union Canal River Gade watercourse
  • If the development would be inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that harms openness and creates unmitigated flood risk and watercourse maintenance issues, with no very special circumstances to justify it.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP11Policy DM2Policy CP1Policy DM8
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 153

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