®Planning appeal decision
Land West of Fir Cottage , Wooburn Common Road, Wooburn Green, High Wycombe, HP10 0JR
Planning appeal 3356912 at Land West of Fir Cottage , Wooburn Common Road, Wooburn Green, High Wycombe, HP10 0JR (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was dismissed on 28 August 2025 by Inspector Sibley G, 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 National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan documents, including the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt.
5 bedroom dwelling with garage
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sibley G
- Postcode
- HP10 0JR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan documents, including the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal upon the living conditions of the occupiers of Fir Cottage with regard to privacy
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness, and the modest benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by the modest benefits of housing delivery, self-build housing, economic benefits and social contributions, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy H9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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.
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