5-Bed Dwelling, Buckinghamshire

This site in Buckinghamshire had permission granted back in 2010 for two detached dwellings and a garage, of which one of the dwellings is now occupied and the second is constructed to a water tight stage but unable to be completed or occupied due to lapsed permissions.

Part retrospective permission was now sought for the existing unoccupied dwelling, detached garages and access reflecting the previously approved plans in order to lawfully confirm the implementation of the existing dwelling and the access arrangements as well as reaffirming the previous permissions for a single and double garage which haven’t yet been formally implemented. Additional landscaping and boundary treatments were also included in the updated application. The plans would also result in a physical tidying of the site which is currently a builders yard with unsightly pre-fabricated structures.

The Case Officer deemed the principle of development to be acceptable with significant weight given to the council’s absence of a five year housing land supply.

No concerns were raised in terms of sustainability, highways, parking, design, amenity, drainage, ecology or landscaping and it was considered that any adverse impacts of the proposal would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits and it was therefore recommended for approval.

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