®Planning appeal decision
Cuckoo Hill Farm, Hanslope, Milton Keynes, MK19 7HQ
Planning appeal 3367460 at Cuckoo Hill Farm, Hanslope, Milton Keynes, MK19 7HQ (Milton Keynes Council) was dismissed on 4 September 2025 by Inspector Han U, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development complies with the development plan for development outside defined settlement boundaries, with particular regard to its effect on the character and appearance of the open countryside.
construction of three new commercial buildings (use class E(g)(iii))
- Authority
- Milton Keynes Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Han U
- Postcode
- MK19 7HQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development complies with the development plan for development outside defined settlement boundaries, with particular regard to its effect on the character and appearance of the open countryside
- whether the proposed development includes adequate measures to manage surface water effectively
- the effect of the proposed development on protected and priority species
- whether the proposed development would be capable of complying with the general condition of planning permission set out at paragraph 13 of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) in respect of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
What decided it
The proposal would cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the open countryside through the introduction of substantial commercial buildings into an otherwise open and undeveloped rural landscape, contrary to the development plan policies, and this harm, combined with inadequate drainage measures, unresolved protected species concerns, and uncertain BNG compliance, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the economic benefit of 16 jobs.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DS5Policy ER8Policy NE5Policy HAN6Policy FR1Policy FR2Policy NE2Policy NE3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 88Paragraph 89
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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