Planning appeal decision
Land To The North West of Cedar House , Coombe Lane , Ascot, SL5 7AS
Planning appeal 3285134 at Land To The North West of Cedar House , Coombe Lane , Ascot, SL5 7AS (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was allowed on 22 June 2022 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Erection of 6 small-scale agricultural structures (1 shed, 3 greenhouses, 2 netted fruit cages) on agricultural land
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Davies N
- Postcode
- SL5 7AS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on gaps between villages
What decided it
The site qualifies as agricultural land under the statutory definition, the appellant operates it as a small-scale farmer rather than for domestic purposes, and the proposed structures are essential for agricultural use and therefore permitted under paragraph 149(a) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy QP5 of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Local Plan 2013 – 2033Policy EN1 of the Ascot, Sunninghill & Sunningdale Neighbourhood Plan 2011 – 2026Policy EN4 of the Ascot, Sunninghill & Sunningdale Neighbourhood Plan 2011 – 2026Policy EN5 of the Ascot, Sunninghill & Sunningdale Neighbourhood Plan 2011 – 2026
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 56
- Judgments
- Crowborough Parish Council v. Secretary of State for the Environment (1980)
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
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Allowed27 October 20266007126Grove Park Industrial Estate Waltham Road, White Waltham, Maidenhead, SL6 3JF
- Dismissed21 October 20266009694Land Adjacent to Stud Green Farm, Sturt Green, Holyport, SL62JH
- Dismissed4 September 202660092602 Island Cottages Stanwell Road, Horton, SL3 9PQ
- Notice upheld10 August 20263369085Land to the Side of 16 Halfway Houses, Maidenhead Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6PP
- Dismissed27 July 20266008948Land To The North of Stubbings Farm Cottages, Burchetts Green Road Burchetts Green, Windsor And Maidenhead, Maidenhead, SL6 6QT
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®