®Planning appeal decision
Cedar Barn, Winkfield Lane, Winkfield, SL4 4QU
Planning appeal 3245838 at Cedar Barn, Winkfield Lane, Winkfield, SL4 4QU (Bracknell Forest Borough Council) was allowed on 26 July 2021 by Inspector Franks Z, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the works are inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework (‘the Framework’) and any relevant development plan policies.
without planning permission the erection of a self-contained unit of residential accommodation and change of use of land upon which the building stands and its associated curtilage to Class C3
- Authority
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Franks Z
- Postcode
- SL4 4QU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the works are inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the revised National Planning Policy Framework (‘the Framework’) and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposals
What decided it
The combination of the close similarity of the development to the previously approved Class Q prior approval scheme and the unilateral undertaking securing removal of the adjacent lawfully-used caravan was found to clearly outweigh the Green Belt harm, amounting to very special circumstances.
The substantial Green Belt harm from inappropriateness, together with limited harm to openness, was clearly outweighed by the other considerations (similarity to the approved prior approval scheme, the secured removal of the caravan and its lawful residential use, and provision of a smaller dwelling), amounting to very special circumstances justifying permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy M9Policy CS23Policy CS10Policy CS12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 148
- Judgments
- Tate v Northumberland County Council [2018] EWCA Civ 1519
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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