®Planning appeal decision
Goaters Hill Cottage , 21 Asher Drive, Ascot, SL5 8LJ
Planning appeal 3273677 at Goaters Hill Cottage , 21 Asher Drive, Ascot, SL5 8LJ (Bracknell Forest Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 February 2022 by Inspector O'Doherty A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Redevelopment of site to provide replacement dwelling
- Authority
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Doherty A
- Postcode
- SL5 8LJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the protected trees on the site
- if the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt by reason of being materially larger than the building it replaces, and the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and potential adverse effect on a protected tree is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and reduction in openness, together with the potential adverse effect on a protected tree, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, which were either neutral or of limited weight.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy H5Policy EN1Policy EN20Policy CS9Policy CS7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 148
- Judgments
- R (oao Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) & Ors) v North Yorkshire CC [2020] UKSC 3; Mansell v Tonbridge and Malling BC & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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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