®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed2 July 20253356186
Mentmore Towers, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, Mentmore, LU7 0QH
the retention of existing single storey outbuilding. Appeal B: APP/J0405/Y/24/3356187 Mentmore Towers, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire LU7 0QH
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Sargent J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the works fail to preserve the setting of the Grade I listed Mentmore Towers, and/or fail to preserve the character or appearance of the Mentmore Conservation Area and/or cause harm to the Grade II* registered park and garden, and harm the significance of any or all these designated heritage assets
- Whether the works result in damage to or loss to protected or priority species or their habitats
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the development would not result in adverse impacts on protected or priority species or their habitats within the Deciduous Woodland Priority Habitat, contrary to Local Plan Policy NE1.
Plan policies cited: Policy BE1, Policy NE4, Policy NE1(g), Policy NE1, Policy NE8
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