®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Drayton Road, Newton Leys, Buckinghamshire, MK3 5RG
for up to 290 dwellings, open space, landscaping, drainage features and associated infrastructure following demolition of existing agricultural buildings
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Woodwards O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, in particular landscape character
- the effect of the proposed development on the efficient operation of the highway network
What decided it
The substantial weight attaching to the delivery of market, affordable and self-build housing in an area with a significant shortfall against the five-year housing land supply requirement outweighed the limited landscape and moderate highway harms identified.
the substantial weight given to housing delivery (market, affordable and self-build), together with economic, biodiversity, open space and transport benefits, clearly outweighed the limited-to-moderate harms to landscape character, highway free-flow, BMV land and the spatial strategy, such that the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole
Framework references: 11, 57, 85, 115, 175
Plan policies cited: Policy BE2, Policy NE4, Policy T1, Policy T4, Policy T5, Policy S2, Policy S3, Policy D3, Policy NE7, Policy H1, Policy SH1, Policy SH9
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.