®Planning appeal decision
Waltham Farm Shurlock Road, Waltham St. Lawrence, Reading, RG10 0HN
Planning appeal 3288055 at Waltham Farm Shurlock Road, Waltham St. Lawrence, Reading, RG10 0HN (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was dismissed on 7 July 2022 by Inspector Page L, 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 National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, and any other harm relating to flood risk, biodiversity, and protected species.
extension of existing fishery/fish breeding pond and relocation of existing stock fencing
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Page L
- Postcode
- RG10 0HN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, and any other harm relating to flood risk, biodiversity, and protected species
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, or 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 absence of baseline evidence demonstrating feasible use of excavated spoil and the lack of a site-specific flood risk assessment, combined with insufficient protected species surveys for water voles and failure to follow the biodiversity mitigation hierarchy, meant the identified harms to the Green Belt, flood risk, and biodiversity could not be outweighed by other considerations.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy QP5Policy NR1Policy NR2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 150Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 159Paragraph 169Paragraph 174Paragraph 179Paragraph 180
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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