Decision on gypsy pitch application to be appealed - Buckinghamshire

A DECISION by South Bucks District Council to turn down an application for a Gypsy pitch in Iver is set to be appealed.

Last month the council's planning committee refused a bid from Billy Smith to use land in Little Sutton Lane for the stationing of caravans, construction of a utility room and provision of a package sewage treatment plant.

They rejected it on the grounds that it would encroach onto Green Belt land and that no detail was included regarding the sewage plant.

However, Mr Smith has decided to appeal against the decision, and an inspector from the Planning Inspectorate is now set to hold an informal hearing into the case on March 13 at the council's headquarters in Oxford Road, Denham at 10am.

If the inspector decides to overturn the council's decision, Mr Smith will be able to build the pitch straight away.