1 The Hollies Old Wokingham Road, Crowthorne, WOKINGHAM, RG40 3BU

external alteration to an existing barn to allow conversion for use as a habitable residential annex ancillary to the main dwellinghouse

Authority: Wokingham Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Pipkin R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the proposed development would amount to a separate dwelling in the countryside
the effect of the proposed development on the integrity of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
whether or not a contribution to affordable housing would be required

What decided it

The functional and physical separation of the barn in combination with its separate ownership title meant it could form a separate planning unit, making it a new dwelling in the countryside contrary to development plan policy.

Plan policies cited: Policy CP11, Policy CP1, Policy CP3, Policy CP6, Policy CC01, Policy CC02, Policy CP2, Policy CP5

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