Planning appeal decision
Victoria Road , Slough , SL2 5NF
Planning appeal 3285076 at Victoria Road , Slough , SL2 5NF (Slough Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 August 2022 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The impact of the development on transport and highway safety.
for a two-storey pitched roofed extension above the principal elevation to provide 28 additional flats
- Authority
- Slough Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Howell M
- Postcode
- SL2 5NF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The impact of the development on transport and highway safety
- The impact on the living conditions of the occupants of the existing building, with particular regard to light
What decided it
The proposed development would cause unacceptable harm to highway safety through parking stress on surrounding streets, failing to comply with the prior approval requirements under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the GPDO 2015.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy T2 of the Slough Local Plan 2004Core Policy 8 of the Slough Development Framework Core Strategy 2008Policy E2 of the Slough Local Plan 2004Policy E1 of the Slough Local Plan 2004
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 111Paragraph 130
- Judgments
- East Hertfordshire DC v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 465 (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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