®Planning appeal decision
Land at 42 Locks Ride, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 8QY
erection of 2no. detached dwellings with car parking and associated landscaping and access, following demolition of existing buildings
- Authority
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Willis S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including with regard to protected trees
- The effect on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (SPA)
- Highway safety
- Whether the development would encourage future occupiers to use a range of transport modes, with particular regard to the provision of cycle storage facilities
What decided it
The failure to secure appropriate mitigation for the Thames Basin Heaths SPA through a legally certain planning obligation, combined with unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area through incongruous backland development that conflicts with the predominant pattern of ribbon development along Locks Ride.
The identified harm to character and appearance and the failure to secure SPA mitigation outweighed the limited benefits from housing supply, economic benefits and construction activity, with no material considerations sufficient to overcome the development plan conflict.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy EN20 of the Local Plan, Policy CS7 of the Core Strategy, Policy EN1 of the Local Plan, Policy NRM6 of the South East Plan, Policy EN3 of the Local Plan, Policy CS14 of the Core Strategy, Policy CS23 of the Core Strategy, Saved Policy M9 of the Local Plan
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.