71 Terryfield Road, High Wycombe, Buckingamshire, HP13 7RY

Planning appeal 3375613 at 71 Terryfield Road, High Wycombe, Buckingamshire, HP13 7RY (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was allowed on 26 March 2026 by Inspector Worley E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.

the change of use from one dwelling to two dwellings

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Worley E
Postcode: HP13 7RY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers of the dwellings, with particular regard to sunlight, outlook and internal floorspace

What decided it

The significant shortfall in housing land supply (1.96 years) and the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11 outweighed the localised and limited harm to character and appearance and living conditions.

the adverse impacts of harm to character and appearance and living conditions, though localised and limited, were outweighed by the benefits of additional housing supply in an area with a significant shortfall in housing land supply, triggering the presumption in favour of sustainable development

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CP9Policy DM35Policy DM40Policy DM41
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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