®Planning appeal decision
Land at 156 & 158 Windsor Road, Maidenhead, SL6 2DW
proposed erection of three dwellings (1 x detached 4bed and 2 x 3bed semi-detached dwellings) with associated access, parking and amenity space
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Tucker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal upon the living conditions of the occupiers of the existing dwellings, Nos. 156 and 158 Windsor Road, with particular regard to noise
- Whether the proposal would secure acceptable living conditions for the occupiers of the proposed dwellings, with particular regard to the functionality of the proposed access road
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the scale, massing and design of the proposed buildings, which would fail to be subordinate to the existing ribbon development and would appear incongruous in their context, outweighed the benefits of housing delivery in the absence of a five-year housing land supply.
The adverse impacts of allowing the development, comprising significant harm to character and appearance and failure to comply with the Framework's requirement for well-designed, visually attractive development sympathetic to local character, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing supply and economic benefits, which were limited by the small scale of the proposal.
Framework references: 11, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy DG1, Policy H10, Policy H11, Policy QP1, Policy QP3
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.