Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed26 June 20253355839

106 Roberts Ride, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, HP15 7AN

Planning appeal 3355839 at 106 Roberts Ride, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, HP15 7AN (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was dismissed on 26 June 2025 by Inspector Billings C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area.

erection of new two storey 2 bed low carbon eco dwelling

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Billings C
Postcode
HP15 7AN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area
  • the effect of the proposed development on protected trees
  • the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity
  • the effect of the proposed development on carbon emissions
  • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of occupiers of 106 Roberts Ride, in particular regard to loss of light and outlook

What decided it

The adverse impacts on character and appearance, protected trees, biodiversity and carbon emissions demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in an area with housing land supply shortfall.

The significant weight given to housing delivery was outweighed by the substantial harms to character and appearance, protected trees, biodiversity and carbon emissions; the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CP9DM32DM35DM14DM34CP12DM33DM36HAZNP1HAZNP2HAZNP3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 12
Judgments
Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd [2011] UKSC 52; Hyer v SoS and Exeter City Council [1988] 2 PLR 33

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

65 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 - Wycombe Area

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

  1. Notice upheld12 June 20263362995
    165 Amersham Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 5AE
  2. Dismissed11 June 20263377185
    Land West of Hammersley Lane, Tylers Green, Bucks, HP10 8HF
  3. Notice varied and upheld1 June 20263356208
    St Regis Park, Bassetsbury Lane, High Wycombe, HP11 1RB
  4. Notice upheld19 May 20263366795
    165 Micklefield Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7HA
  5. Notice upheld19 May 20263364950
    Land at Polaris Chartered Certified Accountants (Royal British Legion), Queensmead Road, Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, HP10 9TZ

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.