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Allowed4 August 20223280255

Land at Junction of Sawpit Road and School Road, Hurst, Reading, RG10 0DR

Planning appeal 3280255 at Land at Junction of Sawpit Road and School Road, Hurst, Reading, RG10 0DR (Wokingham Borough Council) was allowed on 4 August 2022 by Inspector Normington S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is in a suitable location for housing having regard to national planning policies, the Council's spatial strategy for new housing and housing land supply.

the erection of 2 detached four-bedroom dwellings and 2 semi-detached three-bedroom dwellings, together with associated site access, car parking, home offices and landscape

Authority
Wokingham Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Normington S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal is in a suitable location for housing having regard to national planning policies, the Council's spatial strategy for new housing and housing land supply
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
  • Whether the proposal is in a suitable location for housing having regard to the accessibility of services, facilities and to the reliance on motor vehicles
  • The effect of the proposed development on trees
  • The effect of the proposed development on biodiversity
  • Whether the proposed development makes sufficient provision for affordable housing
  • Whether there are any material considerations which mean that the decision should be made otherwise than in accordance with the development plan (Planning Balance)

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, which triggered the tilted balance and meant that the benefits of housing delivery significantly outweighed the moderate harms to character, appearance and spatial strategy.

The benefits of delivering 4 new homes and a significant affordable housing contribution (£175,342.48) significantly outweigh the moderate harm to landscape character, visual impact and conflict with spatial strategy policies, in circumstances where the Council cannot demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply and the most important policies for determining the appeal are out-of-date

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS Policy CP1CS Policy CP3CS Policy CP5CS Policy CP6CS Policy CP7CS Policy CP9CS Policy CP11MDD Policy CC02MDD Policy CC03MDD Policy TB21MDD Policy TB23MDD Policy TB26
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 48Paragraph 54Paragraph 56Paragraph 61Paragraph 64Paragraph 79Paragraph 174Paragraph 179Paragraph 180Paragraph 203
Judgments
Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982P37]

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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