®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjoining Amersham Farm, Amersham Road, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire , SL9 0PX
Planning appeal 3370630 at Land Adjoining Amersham Farm, Amersham Road, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire , SL9 0PX (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was allowed on 22 December 2025 by Inspector Worley E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
the demolition of 3 equestrian buildings and the erection of a detached 4 bedroom residential house, change of use of equestrian land to provide associated garden along with improvements to the existing track
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Worley E
- Postcode
- SL9 0PX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, specifically landscape character
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The redevelopment of previously developed land would not cause substantial harm to Green Belt openness, satisfying the exception in NPPF paragraph 154(g) and rendering the development not inappropriate.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2Policy GC1Policy GB30Policy CS20Policy CS4Policy CS26
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 154
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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