®Planning appeal decision
Cuckoo Hill Farm, Hanslope, Milton Keynes, MK19 7HQ
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
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.
Framework references: 88, 89
Plan policies cited: Policy DS5, Policy ER8, Policy NE5, Policy HAN6, Policy FR1, Policy FR2, Policy NE2, Policy NE3
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.