®Planning appeal decision
Royal Berks Shooting School, Tomb Farm, Ashampstead, READING, RG8 8SD
a 6.5m extension to eastern elevation with four velux windows in roof to facilitate internal reconfiguration to provide 3no. offices and ablutions; 10m orangery extension to western elevation with four skylights and to provide a function room and storage; insertion of four velux windows in roof on southern and northern elevations (resubmission of 19/01913/FUL)
- Authority
- West Berkshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Allen M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area and the host building, bearing in mind the location within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (the AONB) and the setting of the adjacent Tomb Farm House, a Grade II listed building
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade II listed building and the character and appearance of the AONB could not be justified by the public benefits of the proposed development.
The public benefits of improved facilities and associated economic benefits were outweighed by the less than substantial harm to the setting of the listed building and the character and appearance of the AONB.
Framework references: 202
Plan policies cited: CS14, CS19
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