# 76 Roberts Road, High Wycombe

- **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
- **Tags:** tier-2, householder, highway-safety, ev-charging, appeal-planning-officer, transitional-no-consultation

## 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
- **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 weight).** 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
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6011100
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/2d4f8102-45cb-4f9c-ad70-149c605f0bfc

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