®Planning appeal decision
Gylescroft House, Chesham Road, Bellingdon, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2UR
erection of a replacement C3 dwellinghouse following the demolition of the existing dwelling house, Gylescroft House. Landscaping and parking provision
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to the location of the site within the Chilterns National Landscape
- whether any harm by inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist to justify the development.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by inappropriateness and harm to openness was not clearly outweighed by moderate weight given to improved accommodation and climate change mitigation benefits and limited weight to landscaping and biodiversity gains, so the appeal was dismissed.
Framework references: 11, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy GB2, Policy GB7, Policy GC1, Policy LSQ1, Policy CS20, Policy CS22
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