®Planning appeal decision
Land To The South Of Windsor Lane, Little Kingshill, HP16 0DZ
for phased development of a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 9 self - build dwellings
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- HP16 0DZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and the amount of development proposed, with particular consideration as to whether the appeal site is grey belt and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- Whether the location is suitable having regard to the spatial strategy in the development plan
What decided it
The Council's acute deficit in 5-year housing land supply (0.75 years) and the proposal's compliance with paragraph 155 of the Framework as grey belt development, combined with significant benefits for housing and self-build delivery, outweigh the conflict with the development plan spatial strategy.
The benefits of providing additional housing in a sustainable location, including self-build dwellings to address the Council's acute supply deficit, and local economic benefits, significantly outweigh the harm from conflict with the spatial strategy in the development plan, which is given reduced weight due to the housing land supply deficit; the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 143, 154, 155, 189
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1 of the Core Strategy for Chiltern District (2011), Policy GB2 of the Chiltern District Local Plan 1997 (consolidated 2007 & 2011), Policy GB4 of the Chiltern District Local Plan 1997 (consolidated 2007 & 2011), Policy GB5 of the Chiltern District Local Plan 1997 (consolidated 2007 & 2011)
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.