®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Little Marsh Road, Marsh Gibbon, OX27 0AF
residential development of up to 90 dwellings, new community orchard and/or allotments, public open space, sustainable drainage system and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- OX27 0AF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposal would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the local spatial strategy
- the effect of the proposal on a designated heritage asset, namely the Marsh Gibbon Conservation Area (CA), and the non-designated Ridge and Furrow earthworks (R&F)
What decided it
The substantial weight attached to boosting housing supply and delivering affordable housing, given the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, outweighed the identified heritage and landscape harms under the tilted balance.
The substantial benefits of housing delivery (including affordable housing) and moderate economic, social, biodiversity and highway benefits outweighed the moderate harm to character and appearance, the lower end of less-than-substantial harm to the Conservation Area, and the lower level of moderate harm to the Ridge and Furrow, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under paragraph 11d)ii.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy BE2, Policy NE4, Policy S3, Policy D3, Policy S1, Policy S2, NP Policy MG2
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.