®Planning appeal decision
40 Erleigh Court Gardens, Earley, Wokingham, RG6 1EH
described in the application form as: Teaching of kids, maximum of 10 kids. I have been teaching from 2014 to family and friends. Recently through word of month more families have approached me to teach their kids hence the number has gone to 9. Summary
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moss J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of the appeal site and the adjoining residential properties, with particular regard to any noise and disturbance that might be generated by the development
- Whether or not the development results in inconveniences for road users and is prejudicial to highway safety, with regard to any vehicle movements to and from the site, and any additional demand for on street parking
What decided it
The disadvantage to pupils sharing a protected characteristic if the appeals were dismissed, combined with the unresolved effect of a recent traffic regulation order on highway safety, led the Inspector to grant a temporary one-year permission rather than dismiss the appeals outright.
The benefit of avoiding disadvantage to pupils sharing a protected characteristic under the Public Sector Equality Duty outweighed the unresolved uncertainty over highway safety, tipping the balance in favour of granting a temporary one-year permission rather than dismissal.
Framework references: 111
Plan policies cited: Policy CC06, Policy CP1, Policy CP3, Policy CP6
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.