Winnersh Garden Centre, 656 Reading Road, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5HE

Planning appeal 3271474 at Winnersh Garden Centre, 656 Reading Road, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5HE (Wokingham Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 November 2021 by Inspector Graham J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the car wash and valet service constitutes a material change of use requiring planning permission.

without planning permission, the material change of use of Land as shown in the approximate location on Plan 2 annexed hereto to a car wash and valet service

Authority: Wokingham Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Graham J
Postcode: RG41 5HG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the car wash and valet service constitutes a material change of use requiring planning permission
Whether the time for taking enforcement action had expired
Whether planning permission should be granted for the car wash and valet service, particularly in relation to flood risk policy

What decided it

The development is located in Flood Zone 3b (functional floodplain) and constitutes 'Less Vulnerable' development which should not be permitted in such areas, and the Appellant failed to provide clear and convincing evidence that flood risk would not be increased elsewhere.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CP1 of the Wokingham borough Core StrategyPolicy CC09 of the Wokingham Borough Managing Development Delivery Document
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 159Paragraph 167

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