A NEW development boasting up to 50 houses and flats has been thrown out on grounds it is “visually dominant” and “out of character with the local area”.
Inland Homes saw its planning application for 50 new residential homes on a patch of land to the rear of Glynswood, a residential area, in High Wycombe, refused on March 30.
Cllr Paul Turner spoke at length against the proposal, before Cllr Tony Lee motioned to refuse the application, seconded by Cllr Saeed Saddique.
PICTURED: The distance between the Glynswood houses and the now refused development
The plans included five one-bed flats, 11 two-bed flats, six two-bed houses, 26 three-bed houses and two four-bed houses – 50 units in total.
Some homes were private ownership, some shared ownership and some were affordable rented.
There was a mix of two-storey detached and semi-detached houses, with three three-storey flat blocks in the centre.
The site would have been accessed from Glynswood, a residential cul-de-sac, and was part of Greens Farm in Green Hill.
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PICTURED: How the new development might have looked
The Chilterns Conservation Board objected to the development, as did the Hughenden Valley Residents’ Association and Cllr Tony Green.
Development management team leader at Bucks Council, Charles Power, summarised a planning committee’s feelings in this way: “The proposed development fails to deliver a landscape led approach, it has a poor layout including three-storey development which results in a visually dominant development, with a lack of suitable tree cover which gives a hard urban edge and results in a development which is out of character with the local area, the AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), and views into the site from the AONB.”
By close of business, members voted unanimously to reject the application.
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