Planning appeal decision
Lamont House River Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0BG
Planning appeal 3280468 at Lamont House River Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0BG (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was allowed on 21 March 2022 by Inspector Chalk M, following a hearing.
Demolition of the existing dwelling and erection of a new dwelling with a detached garage building with a swimming pool in the grounds and associated parking and landscaping
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Chalk M
- Postcode
- SL6 0BG
What decided it
The Council's unreasonable reliance on Policy GB10's supporting text to treat the garage as a separate building, without properly exercising planning judgment, in introducing its second reason for refusal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB10
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149
- Judgments
- Sevenoaks District Council v Secretary of State for Environment & Dawe [1997] EWHC 1012 (Admin)
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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