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Allowed12 July 20213267437

Palm Hills , London Road, Bracknell, RG12 9FR

Planning appeal 3267437 at Palm Hills , London Road, Bracknell, RG12 9FR (Bracknell Forest Borough Council) was allowed on 12 July 2021 by Inspector Rose P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the appeal site and its surroundings, and more specifically whether the scale, layout and levels of activity and traffic generation associated with the proposal would have an overly intensive and urbanising impact on the character of the area and so fail to provide an appropriate transitional form of development for this edge of settlement site.

outline consent (with landscaping reserved) for the demolition of the existing Palm Hills complex and redevelopment of the site to provide 81 dwellings (15x1b, 8x2b, 49x3b and 9x4b) with associated car parking, landscaping and amended access onto London Road

Authority
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Rose P
Postcode
RG12 9FR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the appeal site and its surroundings, and more specifically whether the scale, layout and levels of activity and traffic generation associated with the proposal would have an overly intensive and urbanising impact on the character of the area and so fail to provide an appropriate transitional form of development for this edge of settlement site

What decided it

The proposal was found to accord with the development plan as a whole under section 38(6), with no other material considerations indicating a decision otherwise.

No appreciable harm was found that could not be addressed by conditions or the planning agreement, and the collective benefits of the development amounted to significant weight in favour, tipping the balance towards granting permission in accordance with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SA 3Policy EN20Policy CS7Core Policy CS1Core Policy CS14Policy EN3South East Plan Policy NRM6Core Policy CS17Core Policy CS23
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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