{"id":109,"date":"2026-04-15T10:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:50:51","slug":"appeal-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/?page_id=109","title":{"rendered":"Appeal 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"112\" width=\"533\" data-init-width=\"641\" height=\"353\" data-init-height=\"424\" title=\"Bucks Local Plan\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bucks-Local-Plan.png\" data-width=\"533\" data-height=\"353\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 641 \/ 424;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>View or download document from here<a href=\"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Settlement_Review_May_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">260212_Bucks_NESS_Stage_2_Pro_Formas_Issue_V3_Issue.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><strong>Extract<\/strong>18 strategic areas were considered in the initial assessment. 2 locations were discounted after the first stage of assessment (Burnham and Quainton) so 16 strategic areas have been identified and tested in Part 2 of the NESS. Seven scored below 60% and have been excluded from potential supply but remain in for further testing. <strong>Stoke Mandeville is the exception. This site performs well, however, there is already a significant amount of committed development coming forward in and around Stoke Mandeville and on the southeast side of Aylesbury. The Council considers it necessary to first understand the cumulative impacts of this nearby growth\u2014particularly on infrastructure and local services\u2014before considering any additional allocations in this location. For this reason this site is not included in the potential supply at this stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"122\" width=\"740\" data-init-width=\"741\" height=\"493\" data-init-height=\"494\" title=\"NESS\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NESS-1.png\" data-width=\"740\" data-height=\"493\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 741 \/ 494;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>View or download document from here<a href=\"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260212_Bucks_NESS_Stage_2_Pro_Formas_Issue_V3_Issue-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">260212_Bucks_NESS_Stage_2_Pro_Formas_Issue_V3_Issue.pdf<\/a>Go to page 145<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View or download document from here260212_Bucks_NESS_Stage_2_Pro_Formas_Issue_V3_Issue.pdf Extract18 strategic areas were considered in the initial assessment. 2 locations were discounted after the first stage of assessment (Burnham and Quainton) so 16 strategic areas have been identified and tested in Part 2 of the NESS. Seven scored below 60% and have been excluded from potential supply but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sm-ag.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}