®Planning appeal decision
Yew Tree Farm, Grendon Road, Edgcott, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0TN
two self build properties
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Neill A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether occupants of the proposed development would have reasonable access to services and facilities, including safe and suitable access for pedestrians
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The lack of safe and convenient access to services and facilities via sustainable transport modes combined with unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area significantly and demonstrably outweighed the minimal housing and other benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
The limited housing benefits (two dwellings) and other limited benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the lack of safe and convenient access to services and facilities via walking, cycling and public transport and the unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 115, 124, 135, 139, 232
Plan policies cited: Policy S2, Policy S3, Policy T5, Policy D5, Policy BE2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.