®Planning appeal decision
Land at Croft Road, Spencers Wood Shinfield, RG2 9EY
Planning appeal 3269790 at Land at Croft Road, Spencers Wood Shinfield, RG2 9EY (Wokingham Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 June 2021 by Inspector Davies G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the suitability of the site having regard to the spatial policies of the development plan and the impact on the character and appearance of the countryside.
the erection of 3 detached dwellings on land at Croft Road, Spencers Wood
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies G
- Postcode
- RG2 9EY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the suitability of the site having regard to the spatial policies of the development plan and the impact on the character and appearance of the countryside
- the emergency off-site plan for the Atomic Weapons Establishment site at Burghfield
- highway safety
- accessibility to facilities and services
- the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
- affordable housing
What decided it
The development would conflict with the spatial strategy of the Council and erode the semi-rural character of the countryside, and these harms are not outweighed by the limited benefit of adding 3 housing units when the Council can demonstrate an adequate housing land supply.
the harm to the spatial strategy and countryside character, to which considerable and more limited weight respectively were given, was not outweighed by the limited benefit of 3 additional housing units in circumstances where the Council can demonstrate adequate housing land supply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP1Policy CP2Policy CP3Policy CP5Policy CP6Policy CP9Policy CP11Policy CP19Policy CC01Policy CC02Policy TB04Policy TB06Policy TB21Policy 1 of the Shinfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2017Policy 2 of the Shinfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2017Policy 4 of the Shinfield Neighbourhood Plan 2017
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 63
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 p37]; Crest Nicholson et al v West Berks DC [2021] EWHC 289 (Admin)
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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