Hillcrest Old Amersham Road, Gerrards Cross, SL9 7BG

Planning appeal 3357597 at Hillcrest Old Amersham Road, Gerrards Cross, SL9 7BG (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was dismissed on 12 August 2025 by Inspector Reeves K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Demolition of existing garage, erection of two storey side extension and single storey and first floor rear extensions

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Reeves K
Postcode: SL9 7BG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether inappropriate development in the Green Belt
Effect on the openness of the Green Belt
Effect on protected species
Effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of the neighbouring property with particular regard to outlook and light

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause disproportionate additions to the original building and reduce openness, combined with the failure to demonstrate that protected species would not be adversely affected, and the absence of very special circumstances to justify the harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GB1 of the South Bucks District Local Plan 1999
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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