®Planning appeal decision
Silver Dene, Reading Road, Padworth Common, Reading, RG7 4QL
Planning appeal 3284591 at Silver Dene, Reading Road, Padworth Common, Reading, RG7 4QL (West Berkshire District Council) was dismissed on 1 February 2022 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would constitute acceptable development in the open countryside.
the erection of ancillary accommodation for elderly relative within residential curtilage of Silverdene
- Authority
- West Berkshire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- RG7 4QL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would constitute acceptable development in the open countryside
- The impact on the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Emergency Plan
What decided it
The proposed development would create a separate planning unit constituting a new dwelling in the open countryside contrary to the development plan's spatial strategy, and would increase the permanent night-time population within the AWE Emergency Plan consultation zone contrary to Policy CS8.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy C1 of the Housing Site Allocations DPD (2017)Policy ADPP1 of the Core Strategy DPD (2012)Policy ADPP6 of the Core Strategy DPDPolicy CS14 of the Core StrategyPolicy CS19 of the Core StrategyPolicy CS8 of the Core Strategy DPD
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 126Paragraph 174
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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