- Decision
- dismissed, 23 September 2026
- Decided by
- Planning Inspector: A M Nilsson (APO Elizabeth Davies)
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire (South East)
- Appeal reference
- 6011100
- Application reference
- PL/26/02347/FA
- Procedure
- householder
- Development
- 4.6m dropped kerb for frontage parking
- Site context
- inside settlement
- Green Belt
- No
- Framework applied
- August 2026 NPPF
- Determinative policies
- TR6(4)
- Development plan policies
- Wycombe District Local Plan 2019 DM33, Buckinghamshire Countywide Parking Guidance 2015
- Main issues
- highway and pedestrian safety
Summary
A dropped kerb for a shallow frontage parking space. Dismissed because a parked car would overhang a narrow pavement. The TR6(4) "should be refused … unacceptable impact on highway safety" wording was invoked (DL ¶10). The benefit of home EV charging did not outweigh this.
What made the difference
The frontage was shallower than the county parking-guidance dimension. Angled parking could not be enforced (DL ¶7).
Policy findings
Policy codes are those of the National Planning Policy Framework (August 2026) unless a development plan is named.
| Policy | Finding | Weight | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| TR6(4) | fail | "the Framework ... sets out that development should be refused on highways grounds if there would be an unacceptable impact on highway safety" — frontage too shallow, car would overhang narrow pavement (DL 7, 10) | |
| TR4 | benefit | limited | home EV charging benefit of one vehicle does not outweigh (DL 11); code mapped by harvester |
Key facts
- Frontage depth below county parking-guidance dimension for perpendicular parking (DL 7)
Sources
This note is one of the decisions behind the NPPF 2026 Navigator, which shows how each Framework test has been applied across all the decisions in the database. Also available as Markdown.