Planning appeal decision
33 Tower Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 5AY
Planning appeal 3368105 at 33 Tower Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 5AY (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was allowed on 14 August 2025 by Inspector Marshall E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: impact of the proposal upon highway safety and on street parking.
householder application for front hardstanding and dropped kerb (retrospective)
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Marshall E
- Postcode
- HP13 5AY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- impact of the proposal upon highway safety and on street parking
- surface water drainage and flood risk
What decided it
The proposal would not result in vehicles overhanging the adjacent footway to the detriment of highway safety, and surface water drainage could be adequately managed through conditions requiring submission and implementation of a sustainable drainage scheme.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM33Policy DM39Local Transport Plan 2016 policy 17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 181Paragraph 182
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
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