®Planning appeal decision
Land R/O Rowes Farmhouse, The Orchard Plot, Church Road, Swallowfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 1TJ
Planning appeal 3285660 at Land R/O Rowes Farmhouse, The Orchard Plot, Church Road, Swallowfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 1TJ (Wokingham Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 March 2022 by Inspector Conde L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for new housing, with specific regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities.
Erection of 1 x no. 4/5 bed detached dwelling house
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Conde L
- Postcode
- RG7 1TJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for new housing, with specific regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (SPA)
What decided it
The unsustainable location of the site, combined with the harmful effect on character and appearance, meant that the adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
the adverse impacts of granting planning permission would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest socio-economic benefits of one dwelling, when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP11Policy CP1Policy CP6Policy CP3Policy CP9Policy CC01Policy CC03Policy TB21Policy CP8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 84Paragraph 85Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 11
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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