®Planning appeal decision
Hill Farm Industrial Estate, Hill Farm Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4NT
‘Permission in principle for up to 2 dwellings’
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Worley E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect on openness of the Green Belt, and whether harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The site is not in a sustainable location because future occupiers would be largely dependent on private cars to access services and facilities, failing to prioritise sustainable transport modes as required by paragraphs 110 and 115 of the Framework and paragraph 155(c).
the benefits of housing supply, which weigh heavily given the 0.91 year supply shortfall, do not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and the unsustainability of the location
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy GB2 of the Chiltern District Local Plan, Policy CS26 of the Core Strategy for Chiltern District, Policy CS25 of the Core Strategy for Chiltern District, Policy TR2 of the Chiltern District Local Plan
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.