®Planning appeal decision
Sandford Mill Sandford Lane, Woodley, READING, RG5 4TB
raised lawn to residential garden and new splayed close boarded fence and replacement gates
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hand S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged already benefit from planning permission (ground c)
- Whether planning permission should be granted for the hardstanding, fencing and gates (ground a and s78 appeal)
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are reasonable (grounds f and g)
What decided it
The absence of a required Flood Risk Assessment for development in Flood Zone 3a, as mandated by NPPF footnote 50, was the sole reason for dismissing the appeals despite finding no other material harm.
No balancing exercise was undertaken; the decision turned on a mandatory procedural requirement (FRA) rather than a weighing of competing considerations.
Framework references: 163, 164
Plan policies cited: CP11, CP1, CP3, CC03
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.