®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To Ashwood, Bucks Hill, Kings Langley, WD4 9AP
Planning appeal 6003756 at Land Adjacent To Ashwood, Bucks Hill, Kings Langley, WD4 9AP (Three Rivers District Council) was dismissed on 14 April 2026 by Inspector Reid L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
redevelopment of the site to provide 1no. detached dwelling, with associated parking, refuse facilities, and hard and soft landscaping
- Authority
- Three Rivers District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Reid L
- Postcode
- WD4 9AP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be 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 openness
- Whether any 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 required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness is not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefits of housing delivery and affordable housing contribution, such that very special circumstances do not exist.
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by moderate weight afforded to housing provision and affordable housing contribution, and limited weight to economic and social benefits, visual enhancements and reduction of pressure on other sites, resulting in dismissal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP11 of the Core Strategy 2011Policy DM2 of the Development Management Policies Local Development Document 2013Policy CP4 of the Core StrategyPolicy 1 of the Sarratt Neighbourhood Plan 2025
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 155Paragraph 110Paragraph 154Paragraph 58Paragraph 11
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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