®Planning appeal decision
Whitelocks Farm, Garsons Lane, Warfield, Bracknell, RG42 6JA
Planning appeal 3287296 at Whitelocks Farm, Garsons Lane, Warfield, Bracknell, RG42 6JA (Bracknell Forest Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 July 2022 by Inspector Conde L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
‘Conversion and extension of existing brick building to form 2 bed dwelling, with permanent removal of existing lawful 2 bed Mobile Home from land at Whitelocks Farm’
- Authority
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Conde L
- Postcode
- RG42 6JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would result in a harmful loss of openness, and the matters put forward by the appellant do not amount to very special circumstances needed to justify it.
The inappropriateness of the development and the harm to openness, both carrying substantial weight, were not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, which were given limited weight due to the absence of a binding commitment to remove the mobile home and the inability to restrict future mobile homes on the land.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS9 of the Core Strategy Development Plan DocumentSaved Policy GB1 of the Bracknell Forest Borough Local PlanPolicy CS7 of the Core StrategySaved Policy EN20 of the Local PlanDesign Supplement Planning Document (March 2017)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 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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