®Planning appeal decision
Boveney Court Farm Boveney Road, Dorney, WINDSOR, Buckinghamshire , SL4 6QG
demolition of open sided barn, conversion, alteration and change of use of existing buildings from Use Class B8 to Use Class C3 to provide 7 residential units and construction of 5 new residential units, to provide a total of 12 residential units (2 x 2 bedroom; 6 x 3 bedroom; and 4 x 4 bedroom) including hard and soft landscaping, attenuation pond, bin and cycle stores, car parking, infrastructure and associated works
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Chalk M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal proposal would provide sufficient affordable housing
- Whether it would make acceptable provision of open space
- The effect of the proposal on protected and important species and habitats, with particular regard to bats
- Safe access in the event of flooding
What decided it
The council's acute housing land supply shortfall of 0.91 years, which is substantially below the 5-year requirement, meant that planning permission should be granted unless adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, and the Inspector found they would not.
The failure to comply with the Golden Rules for affordable housing and open space provision attracted moderate negative weight, but this was outweighed by the considerable benefits of delivering 12 residential units in a district with an acute housing land supply shortfall of 0.91 years, resulting in permission being granted.
Framework references: 11, 154, 156, 181
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 3, Core Policy 9
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.