COUNCIL: The applicant has demonstrated very special circumstances sufficient to outweigh the harm At the time it was considered there was “an essential need” for a full-time worker to live on site “to meet the welfare requirements of the poultry”. Expansion of the farm to incorporate quail has also been established in a recent appeal. That need remains and a new, permanent home is “justified” despite it being an “inappropriate development in the Green Belt”, according to council documents. “The applicant has demonstrated very special circumstances sufficient to outweigh the harm,” a council officer wrote. However, its location, beyond the edge of the settlement, is “harmful to the Green Belt”, they added.
PICTURED: Cllrs Alan Turner (left) and David Knights “The addition of…dormer windows on the rear elevation will produce an unacceptable level of overlooking into neighbouring properties to the rear of the development,” said Cllr Turner. He added: “I also confirm that I wish to speak on this application at committee as ward councillor.” His claim is contested by council officers: “It is considered that the dormer window would not give rise to any significant overlooking to the private amenity space of the dwellings to the rear above that of the previously approved rooflight.” The matter is due for debate during a West Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee, on Tuesday, February 2.