®Planning appeal decision
Vastern Court, Caversham Road, Reading, RG1 8AL
- Authority
- Reading Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Heywood S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Development Parameters vs Illustrative Scheme
- Design/Character and Appearance
- Heritage Assets and Townscape View from south
- North-South Link
- Daylight and Sunlight
- Climate Change/Sustainability
What decided it
The Secretary of State's heritage balance under NPPF paragraph 208 concluded that the public benefits of the scheme (particularly housing delivery, brownfield reuse, economic benefits and the north-south link) outweighed the identified less than substantial harm to designated heritage assets.
The substantial and significant benefits of brownfield reuse, housing delivery, economic benefits and the north-south link outweighed the moderate harms (landscaping, daylight/sunlight, sustainability) and the great weight attached to less than substantial heritage harm.
Framework references: 11, 48, 56, 57, 60, 81, 120, 130, 134, 199, 200, 202, 203, 208
Plan policies cited: Policy CC1, Policy CC2, Policy CC3, Policy CC4, Policy CC5, Policy CC6, Policy CC7, Policy CC8, Policy CC9, Policy EN1, Policy EN3, Policy EN4, Policy EN5, Policy EN6, Policy EN7, Policy EN9, Policy EN10, Policy EN12, Policy EN12(a), Policy EN14, Policy EN15, Policy EN16, Policy EN18, Policy EM1, Policy EM2, Policy H1, Policy H2, Policy H3, Policy H4, Policy H5, Policy H10, Policy TR1, Policy TR3, Policy TR4, Policy TR5, Policy RL1, Policy RL2, Policy CR1, Policy CR2, Policy CR2(b), Policy CR3, Policy CR6, Policy CR7, Policy CR10, Policy CR10(a), Policy CR10(v), Policy CR10(ii), Policy CR11, Policy CR11(vi), Policy CR11(viii), Policy CR11e, Policy CR11g
Judgments cited: Barnwell Manor Wind Energy Ltd v East Northants DC, English Heritage, National Trust and SSCLG [2014] EWCA Civ 137
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.