Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed18 September 20253353985

Bucks Construction Academy, Middle Blackgrove Farm, Berryfields, Waddesdon, Bucks, HP22 4AD

Planning appeal 3353985 at Bucks Construction Academy, Middle Blackgrove Farm, Berryfields, Waddesdon, Bucks, HP22 4AD (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was dismissed on 18 September 2025 by Inspector Hughes L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the protected species of great crested newts.

a mixed -use development (Sui Generis) comprising: scaffolding storage and distribution (B8 use); vehicle maintenance and repair workshop (B2 use); bucks training academy (F1 use); construction training centre; overnight accommodation (for trainees attending construction courses); staff and trainee rest ro om and café; associated offices and vehicle parking; and site security manager’s accommodation

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Hughes L
Postcode
HP22 4AD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on the protected species of great crested newts
  • whether the proposed development would provide sufficient biodiversity net gain
  • the effect of the proposed development on the protected species of badgers
  • whether the proposed development would provide a sufficient hedgerow buffer

What decided it

The proposed development has not demonstrated that there would be no deterioration or destruction of the breeding sites and resting places of great crested newts, and this significant statutory protection conflict outweighs all cumulative benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy NE1Policy NE8
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 85Paragraph 187

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

5 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Notice upheld30 September 20263370104
    New Bengal Blue, 17-19 Walton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7SR
  2. Notice upheld18 September 20263354830
    Una's Newsagency, 5 Buckingham Street, Aylesbury, HP20 2LA
  3. Split Decision20 August 20263376196
    Berryfields Mda, Bicester Road, Quarrendon, Bucks, MK3 5SD
  4. Unknown1 July 20263376431
    Littleton Manor Farm, Bicester Road, North-west of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0JR
  5. Dismissed20 May 20263375483
    Land Adjacent to Warren House, Warren Road, Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0PT

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.